December 15, 2015

Today on MeshMixer, we designed the foot sole to be printed. We will now try to hollow it out so that it is more of a sole instead of a solid object, and we will add material to the ankles so that there is room for an attachment.

The pictures above show our designs for the custom foot sole, however, they will need to be made thicker in order to be printed. 

The final image was made by converting the object into a solid and then hollowing it out.

December 11, 2015

This is our second iteration of the back of our AFO. It fits the shape of the calf very well, but it might need to be taller. We will also print the sole of our AFO using MeshMixer.

December 9, 2015

Today we edited our CAD model for the back of our AFO brace. We needed to scale it down so that the width was about 1.5 inches shorter. It will be printed.

December 9, 2015

After my visit to the Tech Shop on Thursday, I obtained a vacuum-formed mold of my foot, which we had printed a few days beforehand. The vacuum former could be useful in creating a mold of the foot, but we would need stronger plastic. It could also be used to create an imprint of the sole of the foot for a custom insole.

December 8, 2015

The back of the AFO has been printed. A few adjustments will need to be made to the width and shape. 

December 3, 2015

Today Naomi designed the CAD model for the back part of our AFO (It also can be seen in the Visual Log). It will be printed. Also, Jackson visited the Tech Shop and is using our model of the foot with the vacuum former to create a sole. We are now deciding whether we should use the vacuum former or the 3D printer to produce the custom sole.

December 2, 2015

We continued research on the use of an AFO with different patients, looking at before and after videos of patients using an AFO contrasted with not using an AFO.  We began to continue work on our rough parts (CAD Model) to print out, so we can have a physical piece to use for further research. We also printed out a copy of Jackson's foot to have a physical reference to model our AFO from. We are planning to make use of the printed foot with the vacuum former at TechShop this upcoming Thursday to progress our next prototype.