orthopus / 01-wrist

🖐🔧 Mechanical wrist and tool holders for upper-limb amputees

Universal wrist & Tool holder

This repository contents documentation of :

• ➡ The Universal Wrist : a mechanical wrist and his mechanical tool-holder. Adapted to upper-limb amputations including disarticulation of the wrist, this mechanical wrist fits directly into a socket and connects quickly to a large number of terminal devices such as the ORTHOPUS Work Hook or the Aesthetic Hand. You can find buying informations on this page.

  

• ➡ The Tool holder : compatible with the ORTHOPUS Universal Wrist. You can already find a 3D printed version, compatible with mechanicals tools for upper limb amputees. Scroll below to see the tool holder's documentation.

WARNING NOTICE BEFORE STARTING

The Do It Yourself (DIY) versions of our solutions are not CE marked. CE marking is only applicable to solutions developed and sold by ORTHOPUS because their design follows the current regulations. ORTHOPUS cannot guarantee the “quality” of solutions replicated by third parties thanks to the documentation shared on github.

UNIVERSAL WRIST

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN UNIVERSAL WRIST

D.I.Y difficulty level : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

To make your own Universal Wrist, you will need advanced workshop machinery and some basics components. You can find a detailed list of equipment and the steps to follow in the UNIVERSAL WRIST MAKING MANUAL)

The Bill of Material shown below is downloadable with clickable links here details standard components as well as parts that need to be machined.

To get the best experiences with the Universal Wrist, full product details are provided in the INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE.

TOOL HOLDER 3D PRINTED

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN TOOL HOLDER 3D PRINTED

D.I.Y difficulty level : ⭐⭐

To make your own Tool Holder, you will need a 3D printer, a grinder machine or a metal file, and some basics screws. You can find a detailed list of equipment and the steps to follow in the TOOL HOLDER 3D PRINTED MAKING MANUAL

You can make the Tool holder for less than 1€ : more details in the Bill of Material shown below and available with clickable links here.

CONTRIBUTION

Your contribution to these projects is welcome!

• You have discovered a bug or you have an improvement ideas ?

  • Go to the GitHub issues of the project.

• You have some time to spare, some Maker skills and you want to help us ?

  • If you need to make some design modifications, our Fusion 360 source files are available on request, don’t hesitate to ask us!

  • Read the CONTRIBUTING file to help us to upgrade this project

  • Read the CODEOFCONDUCT file to know community standards

CONTACT

If you wish to contact us, you can send a message to [e-mail]