Additive Manufacturing In Medical Application,A Comparative Study Between Conventionally Made Prosthesis (Pylon) And Fused Deposition Modelling Prosthesis (Pylon)

• Main Author: Kamaruddin, Mohammad Aizrulshah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TS Manufactures
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/21030/1/Additive%20manufacturing%20in%20medical%20application%2C%20a%20comparative%20study%20between%20conventionally%20made%20prosthesis%20%28pylon%29%20and%20fused%20deposition%20modelling%20prosthesis%20%28pylon%29.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/21030/; http://library1.utem.edu.my:8000/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-d&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000105466
• Institution: Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka

Prosthesis is an important device in helping amputee to recover from traumatizes experience.Prosthesis is an expensive device and not all amputees afford to own one. especially in the third world country.The specialized method of fabrication and needed highly skilled technician to produce the prosthesis contributed to the high price.The short life cycle of the prosthesis doesn't match with the high cost of ownership.The advancement of manufacturing technologies gives birth to additive manufacturing,a manufacturing process that did not use any tooling or molding.With additive manufacturing process,it is possible to produce low cost prosthesis due to the nature of the process.Additive manufacturing excels in producing low volume with high customizable product.The objective of this project is to compare between conventionally made HDPE prosthesis with ABS additive manufactured prosthesis.The comparison was done using statistical analysis focusing on the pylon in term of impact energy with print time and weight as the secondary proof.The study found that by comparing the impact energy between the HDPE and the fabricated ABS samples,4 of the samples impact energies exceed the HDPE prosthesis.The print time and weight of the samples help to determine which FDM parameter of the print is the best.Comparing the weight of both the HDPE and FDM prosthesis specimen,it was found the FDM exceeds the weight of the HDPE prosthesis sample but it is not significant.The hardness test also concluded that the FDM prosthesis has high HR numbers.The result of the master report shows that it is possible to produce prosthesis pylon using FDM process.