Monette Socket

The Monette Socket is an experimental component that is under development to be part of a prosthesis and is currently being tested for upper limb prostheses. It is heat formed from a 3D printed part. By heat forming it, a simple dimensional sized 3D printed shape creates a socket that is customized to fit the user. During the thermoforming, there is cross bonding of the linearly extruded PLA as it is further annealed to create a much stronger bond between layers of the printed part.

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