Desenvolvimento de prótese para membro anterior de um canino por meio de impressão 3D

Abstract

Currently the animal prosthesis market is still little explored in the Brazilian scenario. There are many factors that contribute to this, and the cost can be listed as one of the main impediments for this niche to evolve. With 3D printing being increasingly present and accessible to academic and business scenarios, this work aims to develop a prosthesis for an anterior member of a canine of the municipal kennel of the city of Caxias do Sul through this process. This work was developed in four stages, which are animal data collection, prosthesis design with validation and structural analysis via finite element software, printing and assembly of the final set and evaluation of use by the animal. The results show that the material used for this prosthesis is resistant to the vertical efforts exerted by the dog. However, the tests carried out show that future work is needed to analyze forces at an angle from 10º, since in the simulations performed the stresses in the system exceed the breaking stress of the material (sic).