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Sinke, Maaike (author)<b>Introduction: Prosthesis simulators are essential tools for research and rehabilitation. They can be used to increase the amount of participants in research studies or to assist in rehabilitation. The main goal of this master thesis is to design a functioning prosthesis simulator, which can be used with commonly used...master thesis 2021
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Deken, Jeffrey (author)Background: The development of ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) have come a long way over the past decade. However, most improvements are mainly focused on gait performance. Hereby, other tasks are overlooked. This is also stated by AFO- users. AFO-users want an AFO that can be adjusted to suit dierent tasks. An adjustable AFO...master thesis 2021
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den Hartog, Dylan (author)Background: Osseointegration is a relatively new alternative for a socket to attach an artificial limb to the stump of an amputee. In a surgical procedure, a metal implant is permanently anchored and integrated into the bone of the stump. Amputees with an osseointegrated prosthesis have indicated that they experience better physical control over...master thesis 2021
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Lommerse, Luuk (author)Active hand prostheses aid people, who suffer from an upper limb deficiency, in performing activities of daily living. The two types of active hand prostheses available are the myo-electric prosthesis and body-powered prosthesis. Even though both allow a user to grasp objects, the downsides are major. The high actuation...master thesis 2021
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Tiel Groenestege, Jurjen (author)Objective: The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate a 3D printed hydraulic actuation system, applied in a multi-articulate upper limp prosthesis. The prosthesis was designed to produce sufficient pinch force to be competitive with comparable devices (30 N), and weigh less than a human hand (<0.43 kg). The actuator should...master thesis 2021
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Landers, John (author)OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the design of the BERT Prosthesis and evaluates the proof-of-concept testing for its primary functions. DESIGN: The BERT Prosthesis is an energetically passive, lightweight, transfemoral prosthesis, and four hypotheses about its functional abilities were proposed. TESTING: A simulation of the leg dynamics was...master thesis 2020
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Vertongen, Jens (author)The development of the Delft Cylinder Hand (DCH) demonstrated the design of a lightweight and functional hydraulic body-powered (BP) hand prostheses. The low friction losses of the hydraulics make it an attractive alternative to a classical mechanic transmission using rigid linkages and Bowden cables. There are benefits and trade-offs associated...master thesis 2020
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Hester, Thomas (author)This thesis contains the design process of a compliant shape adaptive chicory gripper for robotic sorting processes. The robotic sorting line consists of an input and output conveyor-belt. The input line contains unsorted chicories which are scanned by a robotic vision system. Overhead FlexPicker robots, equipped with chicory grippers, sort the...master thesis 2020
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Baldi, Rebecca (author)The human brain integrates tactile sensory information from the fingertips to efficiently manipulate objects. Sensory impairments due to neurological disorders, e.g. stroke, largely reduce hand dexterity and the ability to perform daily living activities. Several feedback augmentation techniques have been investigated for rehabilitative purposes...master thesis 2020
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de Wit, Jesse (author)Background: Last decades myoelectric prostheses have become more usable, functional and reliable. Yet, the cost of myoelectric upper limb prostheses are still a hindering factor of widespread usage of the prostheses. In developing countries, where the demand for prostheses is relatively higher, commercial myoelectric prostheses are out of reach...master thesis 2020
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Tromp, Sanne (author)Background: The majority of the amputated population is living in low-resource countries, but only a small minority has access to rehabilitating services. The accessibility of upper limb prostheses in these countries is poor due to limited technical and medical resources. 3D printing is regarded as a promising manufacturing alternative in...master thesis 2020
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Belet, Tom (author)Background: While new prosthetic hands are developed to increase functionality and allow more complex movements, prosthetic wrists are researched less. Although there are wrists available, primarily featuring 1 degree of freedom (DoF), only a few prototype 3 DoF wrists are currently known. These 3 DoF wrists usually have sufficient range of...master thesis 2020
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Martinez De Apellaniz Goenaga, Ion (author)Introduction: Recently 3D printing has received an increasing attention on the area of actuators. It can provide design freedom allowing complex geometries, as well as customization, among other benefits. However, there is no research on 3D printing of hydraulic piston-cylinder systems. The aim of this article is to check the feasibility of 3D...master thesis 2019
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van Dort, Mark (author)To reduce the necessary input force of the user to exert a precision grip force above 30 N, the hydraulic circuit of the Delft Cylinder Hand can be expanded. This added hydraulic circuit has to be able to generate high enough pressures and volume flows to generate a pinch force of 30 N with all of the fingers, close the hand within 0.5 seconds...master thesis 2019
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Verhaegen, Tim (author)People with a shoulder amputation are very much dependent on active total arm prostheses to provide in their self-care and to perform basic daily activities. Research on the development of active upper limb prosthetics has been growing over the past couple of years. The state-of-the-art total prosthetic arms that have been developed are very...master thesis 2019
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Goes, Steven (author)Background: In low- and middle-income countries there is a high demand for prosthetic devices. An automatic system, in which hand prostheses are manufactured with 3D printers can potentially offer a solution for patients having a transradial defect in these areas. As part of such a system, a detailed 3D model of the residual limbs is needed. In...master thesis 2018
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Gale Dewo, Gale (author)An upper limb prosthesis, i.e. a hand prosthesis, is a device to replace the function of an upper limb on upper limb amputees. In developing countries, amputees’ access to the device is scarce to unavailable. In addition to the absence of experts in those areas, currently there are no automatic measurement methods for upper limb amputees...master thesis 2018
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Posthoorn, P. (author)Current endoscopic devices cause great discomfort to the patient because they need to be pushed from outside the patient to manoeuvre through the intestine. Self-propelling endo- scopic concepts have been proposed, but these cause unnecessary trauma to the patient or are unable to travel to the end of the large intestine and back. This study...master thesis 2017
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Ten Kate, J.D. (author)3D-printing has high potential in the field of prosthetic hands because of the ease of production and the possibility of individualization. All over the world people are designing and printing new devices. However, most of these devices lack functionality, do not have an anthropomorphic look and do not utilize the advantages of 3D-printing. The...master thesis 2016