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RIT e-NABLE Arm v0.43

The Derek Arm is an elbow-actuated variant of an RIT-developed e-NABLE prosthesis designed to fit Derek, the first user of our arm.

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Description

The Derek Arm is an elbow-actuated variant of an RIT-developed e-NABLE prosthesis designed to fit Derek, the first user of our arm. As illustrated below, in the video, bending the elbow causes the fingers to flex by tightening strings descending from the fingers to tensioners in the upper arm.

The "Documents" tab contains STL and Inventor files.

*Start by reading the ReleaseNotes at: http://bit.ly/1nUJ647

Readme at: https://docs.google.com/a/g.rit.edu/document/d/1uEomoBOTEfTNRHCYmNr_5AkKPJv8TYJSbxhE4p5BYU8/edit

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Comments

aracitano added this to the Ideas collection about 4 years ago

KacieL commented almost 5 years ago

Where can I find the files for the fingers?

neo777 added this to the Prostetic collection over 5 years ago

Sydney_Cheek19 commented almost 6 years ago

I am a student trying to modify this design in SolidWorks is anyone here capable of helping me get these files in that format? The ones available do not seem to be working. Thanks!!!

Derek added this to the project arm[s] collection almost 6 years ago

dolphingrll added this to the chele collection over 6 years ago

zulastudio commented over 6 years ago

Can anyone help me: I am trying to get an arm for a 21 year old war victim handicap guy, his arm is amputated 5cm above the wrist, and I am not sure if this design works for adults. He also has both legs amputated, and getting at least an arm back would be incredible. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Can I use this design? If not, which one?

Gustavo Abel Cierra added this to the Protesis collection over 6 years ago

David Melendez commented over 6 years ago

I want to print the Rit Arm for a 4 year old kid, does any one know where can I get the fingers ipt files?

Rene Perez commented about 7 years ago

Any one know how much the factor would be for an adult

Alberto Martinez added this to the prostetic collection about 7 years ago

Joy Schwartz commented about 7 years ago

We would love to help Michael. I am a school teacher in Texas and we are wanting to print this for a student within our district. But we would love to help others as well! Please email me at joyschwartz@hjisd.net

3D Herndon commented about 7 years ago

Hello Michael, we are currently working with a 3 year old boy who has the same situation. Most of the work is being done by volunteers for free, and there are many people around the country who are happy to help. Have you registered at eNable yet? You will find a lot of resources through their site: http://enablingthefuture.org/

At 3D Herndon we are designing and printing a version of the RIT Arm. It definitely requires sizing and customization so you'll need an engineer/designer to be involved. But as I said, there are a lot of good people volunteering in this area. We can also help you with the printing so contact us at 3DHerndon.com.

Michael Schramm commented about 7 years ago

I have a little brother who is 8 years old and he was born without part of his right arm from just past the elbow down. We live in Juneau, Alaska and we were hoping on getting him one that doesn't cost an arm and a leg to get. My father and I came across this and we were really hoping to get a hold of someone that can really help us? do we need to size his arm? do we need to go somewhere to order one?

Dean E added this to the Prosthetics collection about 7 years ago

e-NABLE published this design over 8 years ago