CASTING STAND FOR PROSTHETIC FITTINGS
A team of international students and I were tasked to build a casting stand for patients of Hanger Clinic to lean on while they are being fit for a prosthetic leg. This process requires the patient to stand completely still for 8-10 minutes while a plaster cast hardens around the remainder of the leg, which is understandably difficult to do when a patient is missing a leg.
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Because the current solution is to have patients lean on parallel bars during this process, we built a portable and adjustable casting stand to make this easier for everyone involved.
Over the course of seven weeks, my team and I took an old prototype and took it through the iterative process of the Engineering Design Process to improve it. We built a wheeled casting stand that is open on the bottom to allow the prosthetist to reach the patients' feet. that can adjust to fit people between 3-6 feet tall, support over 300 lbs, and be adjustable for those who use it. We designed it so it could be used in two ways: by hugging the back pillow, or facing forward and holding onto handles to stay supported.
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