How Motorika makes dentures for children

    The prostheses from the Russian startup Motorika are already in full use by 6 boys and girls, and now 4 more children are getting ready for installation. Three adults use traction prostheses, and one uses a myo-prosthesis.

    For the first time I mentioned traction prostheses for children from a startup from the Tomsk Nanotechnology Center in October 2015, when I wrote a review of the Open Innovations forum . In December 2015, the team launched a crowdfunding campaign on Planeta.ru - to tell as many people as possible about the possibility of making beautiful and functional prostheses instead of useless rubber hand simulators.

    The team is constantly looking for new heroes who need such a prosthesis. The application can be left on the company's website or in social networks -Vkontakte and Facebook .

    Under the cut - a little more about how dentures are made in Motorika. Anya and Ilya Chekh, co-founder of Motoriki. At the first stage, specialists take measurements. With a simple injury, this can be done remotely - the future user, along with his parents, takes measurements according to the instructions. With a complex injury, you need to make a sleeve under the stump. First, prosthetists mold a sleeve, and then specialists scan it with a 3D scanner. The girl Masha, for whom this prosthesis was made, has her thumb preserved, so immediately you need to start preparing the sleeve. This is a scan of Masha’s sleeve. All parts of the prosthesis are printed on a 3D printer according to the size and characteristics of the brush. For SLS printing, Motorika uses industrial printers.
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    Further, experts make additional elements: metal strips for the reliability of small components, springs. To prevent the fingers from slipping, use silicone fingertips.



    The assembly of all elements of the prosthesis takes from 1 to 3 days. Traction cables are adjustable - you can adjust the prosthesis so that all fingers are compressed simultaneously or in a certain order.





    The sleeve for Masha was made at the prosthetic plant using classical technology using resins. Now it remains to connect all parts of the prosthesis - a sleeve, a cover and a frame, and put on the handle.

    This is an old prosthesis that will soon be replaced with a new pink.





    Already 6 children use such prostheses. This girl’s name is Anya.







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    This is Daniel.





    Ksenia.



    Malika.

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    And this is Sveta.



    Such a prosthesis is prepared for installation by the girl on March 2-3 - on March 4 she will be 6 years old.

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    To get a prosthesis, you can pay for it yourself, or you can get compensation from the Social Insurance Fund. The brochure is clickable.

    A prosthesis costs from 50 to 100 thousand rubles. This price includes the second prosthesis for a year - children grow quickly, it is necessary to change it every 6-8 months, as well as the work of an engineer to fit each specific model and the work of a prosthetist to create a sleeve and fit the prosthesis to the patient.

    “In any case, children end up with a prosthesis for free. To do this, for a long time we were upholstering the thresholds, spent a lot of time and money and went through certification, ”writes Vasily Khlebnikov, co-founder of Motoriki.

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