ADVERTISEMENT
site_logo
  • Campus
  • Happening
  • Opinion
  • People
  • News
  • #BeInspired
  • Careers
  • 40 under 40
  • Exams
  • What The FAQ
  • Videos
    • Straight Up
    • Odisha Literary Festival 2020
    • Campus Convo
    • Careers After Corona
    • Express Expressions
    • Q&A With Prabhu Chawla
    • ThinkEdu Awards 2020
  • edex_worksEDEXWORKS
ADVERTISEMENT
SSN College

Published: 05th December 2017     

Hand it to 'em: SSN students 3D print a super-light prosthetic 'hand' for amputees

Four students of the Biomedical Engineering department have created a prototype 'hand' that is more functional, lighter and cheaper than any other prosthetic on the market

Edex Live
Edex Live
f_icon t_icon i_icon l_icon koo_icon whatsapp_icon email_icon

Share Via Email

IMG_20170613_013623

The invention could revolutionise the industry making prosthetics accessible to all sections of society

There are more than one million amputations that occur every year - something like one every 30 seconds. The number of amputees is increasing but only a privileged few can afford prosthetic limbs. That's why the new 3D printed prosthetic limbs designed by the Biomedical Engineering department at SSN College, Chennai could be a gamechanger. Four students have designed a prosthetic hand that looks and feels like a prosthetic but is remote-controlled. Dr A Kavitha, Professor and Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering and R Nithya, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering at the SSN Institutions along with their students - Vaishalini Venkatraman, Rathi Adarshi R, Santhana Lakshmi A and Shuruthi Sree R, completed this project successfully.  

 

Prosthetic Limbs that are currently in the market are extremely expensive, heavy and don't provide enough degree of freedom or movement. These 3D printed prosthetic limbs solve all these problems also making the device available for a hundredth of the cost. How? By using recycled plastic materials. A Canadian social enterprise called RECYCL3D collaborated with SSN to develop 3D printed prosthetic limbs with recycled materials. The device has already been receiving a lot of praise from the Research Advisory Council, universities across the world and many other organisations. "Our next project is to develop a prosthetic limb that can be moved through internal control mechanism," Kavita said.

 

Because they will be using recyclable materials, the 'hand' will be environment-friendly and lighter in weight. Kavitha said that the current devices cost hundred times more than the new ones which could be priced between 65,000 rupees and one lakh rupees. The prosthetics can be designed depending on the requirements of every patient, Kavitha said. "The product has been designed and submitted for approval. It should hit the shelves in two months," she added.

telegram
TAGS
SSN College

O
P
E
N

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
telegram
ADVERTISEMENT
Write to us!

If you have campus news, views, works of art, photos or just want to reach out to us, just drop us a line.

newsletter_icon
Mailbox
edexlive@gmail.com
fb_icon
Facebook
twitter_icon
Twitter
insta_icon
Instagram
ADVERTISEMENT
Facebook
ADVERTISEMENT
Tweets by Xpress_edex
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

FOLLOW US

Copyright - edexlive.com 2021

The New Indian Express | Dinamani | Kannada Prabha | Samakalika Malayalam | Indulgexpress | Cinema Express | Event Xpress

Contact Us | About Us | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Advertise With Us

Home | Live Now | Live Story | Campus Trip | Coach Calling | Live Take