Timespan: May 2022 - September 2022
Project: Design and optimize the computational design system for the custom medical brace owned by the client - ActivArmor
Tools Used: Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Various grasshopper plugins
Description: I was tasked with the job of optimizing and improving the Wrist Brace grasshopper script which defines the most important building blocks for the client's larger range of medical brace products. This required lots of edge-case testing with many unique input 3D-scans to ensure that each patient / doctor would have a seamless experience, as well as lightweighting the computation time of the GH definition so that the web experience would be enjoyable no matter where in the world the doctor was. All of this work culminates in a patient expreience that quickly goes from obtaining a 3D-scan, to uploading the scan to Twikit's proprietary web service, to the doctor being able to see a 3D-print ready medical brace in only a few minutes.
3D Scan a patient's hand. This can be done with tools as simple as a modern smart phone.
The scan can be uploaded to Twikit's web portal, where a completely custom brace will be computed, and a 3D-print-ready file will be output for quick manufacture with a desktop 3D printer.
Check out Twikit's website for more info:
View the Brace Visualizer Here
