佐治亚大学使用3D打印来创建手臂支架,以奔跑索尼·米歇尔(Sony Michel)

佐治亚大学(UGA)已记录了其使用3D打印机来创建手臂支架,以奔向索尼·米歇尔(Sony Michel)。

UGA运动医学主任罗恩·库森(Ron Courson)在一个简短的视频中解释了该括号如何使米歇尔受伤后返回场地。该细分市场记录了UGA工程学院的设备生产,其中涉及3D扫描和3D打印。

此后,该功能标题为“头盔下方:索尼·米歇尔(Sony Michel) - 康复与重建”,此后被授予东南艾美奖最佳“体育节目功能/细分”奖。


Gif shows Sony Michel running with his brace on the left forearm. Images via Georgia Bulldogs.

ATV accident

在2016年夏季,索尼·米歇尔(Sony Michel)在一次ATV驾驶事故中打破了前臂骨头。损伤是开放的裂缝,这意味着骨头正在从皮肤中突出。米歇尔需要手术,他的康复持续了几个月,迫使他错过了2016赛季的首场比赛。然而,当他返回时,他的定制碳纤维支架为他提供了帮助,结果,索尼·米歇尔(Sony Michel)继续参加2016赛季的剩余12场比赛。

3D打印是制造定制医疗设备(例如牙套)的理想工具。这显示为Para运动员PolinaRožkovawore a 3D printed brace last year在2016年里约的残奥会中。尽管如此,UGA工程学院还是选择使用3D印刷模具来创建碳纤维的支撑。

The Mobile 3D Printing Centre at UGA
The Mobile 3D Printing Centre at UGA”s College of Engineering. Image via Georgia Bulldogs.

3D打印前臂

The brace was constructed out of carbon fiber using 3D scans of Michel’s forearm. Alex Squires, a doctoral candidate at the College of Engineering, explains scanning Sony Michel’s forearm required a different approach to their usual work,

我们在这里拥有的3D扫描仪是为更小的,紧凑的对象设计的,用于反向工程。索尼·米歇尔(Sony Michel)的前臂远非一个小物体,因此我们不得不将扫描仪移动到他的手臂周围,而不是通常在扫描仪视野中移动小物体的地方。

一旦3 d扫描米歇尔的手臂,工程茶m 3D printed a mold on the college’s Makerbot 3D printer. From this they were able to construct a unique carbon fiber brace which would cover half of Michel’s forearm to allow the American Football player to still feel the ball on the inside of his arm.

Elsewhere on the football field, 3D printing may play a larger role in the future as MIT develop new material techniques. MIT researchers have制造了先进的减震材料that could have significant application in future American football helmets. While at Kent State University, they have been dishing out aunique 3D printed trophy for their 2016 MVP

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Featured image shows Sony Michel with his carbon fiber brace. Image via Georgia Bulldogs.