Maker learn festival 2023

27-30 November 2023

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PROSTHETIC SOCKETS: TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES - INVASATURE PROTESICHE: LO SVILUPPO TECNOLOGICO AL SERVIZIO DELLE PERSONE CON DISABILIT DA AMPUTAZIONE

Centro Protesi Inail

The socket is the most important part of a prosthesis, because by containing the stump, i.e. the residual part of the amputated limb, it constitutes the interface with the person; if it is not adequate, it can cause injury and pain, leading to a reduced acceptance of the prosthesis and a reduction in autonomy in activities of daily living. A customised socket that fits the patient perfectly is therefore a fundamental requirement for successful prosthetic-rehabilitation treatment. Nevertheless, today there is no univocal way of constructing the socket, which often depends on the skill and experience of the orthopaedic technician: there are several options for making the mould of the stump, for the choice of materials with which it will be constructed, and for the alignment with the other elements that make up the prosthetic device. It is therefore not uncommon to have to make several versions before arriving at the one that most satisfies the patient, with considerable stress for the person who has to wear it and an increase in production time and costs. This is why the Centro Protesi Inail is developing innovative techniques through applied research projects in collaboration with important scientific partners at national (University of Padua) and international level (Northwestern University of Chicago and Minneapolis Veterans Administration Health Care System).

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Thursday 30 November

From 11.00 am to 12.00 pm CET

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PROSTHETIC SOCKETS: TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES - INVASATURE PROTESICHE: LO SVILUPPO TECNOLOGICO AL SERVIZIO DELLE PERSONE CON DISABILIT DA AMPUTAZIONE

Gregorio Teti

Gregorio Teti holds degrees in mechanical engineering and orthopaedic technology. He has carried out numerous professional activities from automotive to orthopaedic technology. Since September 2019 he has held the position of Technical Director of the Technical Area of the Inail Prosthesis Centre in Vigorso di Budrio and its Territorial Branches in Rome and Lamezia Terme and since March 2022 he has also taken on the role of Technical Director of the Technical aids and local assistance Area of the Centri Protesi Inail in Vigorso di Budrio and its Territorial Branches - Service Points in Milan, Venice, Turin, Bari, Rome, Naples, Lamezia Terme and Palermo. Since 2020 he has been a contract lecturer at the University of Bologna, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery - First Level Degree Course in "Orthopaedic Techniques", for the course "Materials Technology".

Andrea Giovanni Cutti

Andrea Giovanni Cutti, received his master in electronic engineering at the University of Bologna in 2002. From the same University, he also received a PhD in Biomedical Engineering in 2006 and qualified as CPO in 2018. He is currently serving as Applied Research Manager and Manager of Lower Limb O&P services at the INAIL Prosthetic Center in Italy. He is a current president of ISPO Italy; he serves as Adjust Professor at the University of Bologna for the O&P course and as member of the ISO TC 168 committee. Dr. Cutti received Thranhardt Lecture Award from AOPA in 2017.

Francesca Gariboldi

Francesca Gariboldi is a Biomedical Engineering who specialized in Biomechanics and Biomaterials at the Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy). She is currently pursuing her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Padua (Italy) in collaboration with the INAIL Prosthetic Center (Italy). She is also a member of the AOPA Socket Guidance Workgroup.

Maria Grazia Santi

Maria Grazia Santi is a Biomedical Engineering who specialized in Biomechanics and Biomaterials at the Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy). She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Padua (Italy) in collaboration with the INAIL Prosthetic Center (Italy).


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