Thought I’d share with the community a news segment that just aired about my daughter’s 3D print club and their effort to create a dog leg prosthetic.
She started the club last year as a freshman, and she learned how to use Inventor in the school’s engineering program. The leg is a combination of PLA and semi-flexible Ninja flex. There’s still some work to do on the design, and I think the kids came away with some additional ideas on how to fix them.
sweet, an OC 3D printing story- its too bad that there is not really enough dog leg to attach the leg firmly to. Maybe some kind of strap could go around the neck to hold the prosthetic leg in place. Keep up the good work!
Yeah, that was their challenge in that there’s just not enough there to get a good grip on so I think they’re going to redesign with the idea of using a harness.
Stories like this are just plain awesome. Thank you for sharing.
Alternate idea? With a soft enough inside surface to create a seal would a suction chamber in the upper part of the prosthetic provide enough holding power to keep it in place?
@Jeff_Parish , unfortunately that was the main problem as to why the leg didn’t fit well in that she made the top piece a little bit larger so as to put some padding into it and to help with cinching it down. But she didn’t get a chance to completely finish and come up with what to put inside that would act as the padding.
I suggest a brace to other front leg. Dog can learn a new gait
Heyyyyy, we are doing the EXACT same thing at our school! Good work!
It’s an exciting and difficult process, but I’m excited to see where our work will take us! Thanks for sharing 
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Very cool! Props to your daughter and the organization for helping a dog out and problem solving along with it. Thank you for sharing this Tim!
