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The focus of this project is to improve the connecting mechanism which holds prosthetic fingers onto people’s hands. Currently, the only method used in the United States is a slip-cover which holds the prosthetic on by suction. New approaches have been used in other countries which involve using an implant where the finger will connect to the hand to increase motility and usability of the prosthetic finger without having the prosthetic fall off. Our team is to design a connection apparatus which will successfully meet these goals.
We have finished our final prototype and paper.
| Week | Reporting Period Beginning | Activities |
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| 1 | September 7 | Assigned roles, contacted advisor, started inital research, took team picture, and attempted to find a hand surgeon to contact. |
| 2 | September 14 | Contacted client and individually researched finger prosthetics. |
| 3 | September 21 | Met with client and contacted surgeons. |
| 4 | September 28 | Began to brainstorm ideas for design matrix, divided up sections for PDS. |
| 5 | October 5 | Webpage updated and continued to work on design matrix. |
| 6 | October 12 | Created Design Matrix and completed preliminary PDS. |
| 7 | October 19 | Gave mid-semester presentation and completed the mid-semester report. |
| 8 | October 26 | Began brainstorming ideas for final design specifics and started compuret simulation of design. |
| 9 | November 2 | Continued progress from week before. Scheduled another meeting with client. |
| 10 | November 9 | Planned construction of prototype after design was approved by our client. Continued to work on computer simulation of prototype. |
| 11 | November 16 | Started construction of prototype and contacted client about making an outer cover for our prototype. |
| 12 | November 23 | Finished construction of prototype and brainstormed possible tests to determine reliability. |
| 13 | November 30 | Presented at final poster presentation. Wrapped up final project. |
| 14 | December 7 | Finished end-semester report. |
| 15 | December 14 |
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Product Design Specification (PDS) (Oct 21 2007, 22 kb) |
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Midterm Presentation (Oct 21 2007, 734 kb) |
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Midsemester Report (Oct 24 2007, 519 kb) |
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Final Poster Presentation (Dec 10 2007, 281 kb) |
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Final Report (Dec 12 2007, 5186 kb) |
