• VARANASI MANI KUMAR
• BHOOMI REDDY VAMSIDHAR REDDY

presently days, many persons are facing problems with ankle pain Because of foot injury, bursitis, fracture of stress and wear in the ankle. Doctors choose to exchange the initial ankle with an artificial ankle to decrease the ankle pain. During the selection of the artificial ankle, the trial and error method is adopted by the doctors, which is almost similar to the original ankle. Various sets of artificial ankles of distinct dimensions that suit the patient are preferred by physicians, which expands the price of surgery as well as the time to execute the surgery. In some cases, walking comfortably is difficult for the patient because the artificial ankle is not exactly similar to the original ankle. In this work an attempt has been made to manufacture artificial ankle joint by 3D printing technique. 3D printing offers the original potential to fabricate organized tissue constructs to repair, replaced, damaged or diseased human tissue and organs. MRI scan digital images of ankle are taken and these images are converted to 3D printing language using 3D Slicer software. Dimensions of the artificial ankle, which are suitable for the patient are identified by using 3D slicer software and print the suitable ankle for the patient using 3D printing machine with PLA filament. If the 3D printed ankle is suitable for replacement, artificial ankle with Ti-6Al-4V material can be manufactured as per the dimensions of 3D printed model. By doing these the ordering cost as well as processing time can be reduced, further time consuming to replace artificial ankles and total operation cost can be reduced, so that the patient can walk comfortably as compared to traditional method.

Human Leg, 3D Printing machine. 3D Slicer Software, 3D Tool, CATIA V5 Software, Ansys software.

"FABRICATION AND ANALYSIS OF HUMAN PROSTHETIC ANKLE JOINT BY USING 3D PRINTING MACHINE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.230-245, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907J33.pdf

"FABRICATION AND ANALYSIS OF HUMAN PROSTHETIC ANKLE JOINT BY USING 3D PRINTING MACHINE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp230-245, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907J33.pdf