Digital design of night-time scoliosis brace

doi:10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.0347

Abstract

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Traditional scoliosis brace has been extensively used in clinical practice, but the comfortability, cost and fabrication efficiency need to be improved.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the method of designing the night-time scoliosis brace using three-dimensional (3D) software.

METHODS: Eight female patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis undergoing brace treatment at the Outpatient Department of the Liwan Hospital of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University were included. The patient’s trunk was scanned by 3D scanner to establish a model. Simple processing in Artec studio and saving as the STL format was import into Geomagic for further processing, then the model was imported into Solidworks to operate virtual orthopedics after exactitude surface was finished and finally imported into the 3-matic, Magics for the geometry design of the brace.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) The preliminary design of the personalized night-time scoliosis brace was completed. (2) In summary, Geomagic, Solidworks and 3-matic software can be used to design the night-time brace conveniently and quickly on the computer, and lay a foundation for the 3D printing brace in the future.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：人工关节；骨植入物；脊柱；骨折；内固定；数字化骨科；组织工程

Key words: Scoliosis, Computer-Aided Design, Tissue Engineering

CLC Number:

R318

Huang Ya-xiang, Zhao Zi-ping, Wang Zhi-guo, Liao Qi-ming, Xie Yin-hao, Zhang Ping. Digital design of night-time scoliosis brace[J]. Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research, 2018, 22(27): 4327-4331.

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