Although prosthetic socket technology has been rapidly advancing, amputees are still concerned that their socket and prosthetic are not adaptive to their current activity or consistently comfortable. The goal of our project was to design a prototype of an above-knee adaptive prosthetic socket that responded to an amputee’s movement and physiological signals to alleviate pressure on the residual limb during daily activities. The device adjusted multiple air-filled bladders appropriately when the user was standing, sitting, and walking.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Rutfield, Alex Michael
• Fagan, Shane Bernard
• MacLeod, Tynan Robert
• Moran, Ryan Matthew
• Shea, Alexandra Elizabeth

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-032615-221347

Advisor

• Clancy, Edward A.
• Fischer, Gregory S.
• Onal, Cagdas

Year

• 2015

Date created

• 2015-03-26

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering
• Interdisciplinary
• Robotics Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• All rights reserved