Plastic soda bottles: a reusable material for making transradial sockets.
This paper describes a new fabrication process for making low-cost transradial sockets using recyclable plastic soda bottles. Easy, fast, and inexpensive to fabricate, the resulting socket can be used as a temporary device for stump care. Multiple sockets can be made and individually incorporated with various terminal devices for light-duty self-care or functional activities, such as feeding, showering, typing, swimming, or gardening. The formed socket is lightweight and also suitable for use with a cosmetic passive hand prosthesis. This process has been developed as a potential cost-effective assistive technology appropriate for individuals with transradial amputation in resource-limited countries.
Wu
Yeongchi
Y
Center for International Rehabilitation, Chicago, USA. y-wu@northwestern.edu
Casanova
Hector R
HR
Ikeda
Andrea J
AJ
D000672:Amputation Stumps; D000674:Amputees / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001132:Arm; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D003906:Developing Countries; D017743:Equipment Reuse; D006801:Humans; D008420:Manufactured Materials; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting
D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates