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.

This socket uses a 1/2 inch - 20 thread flange locknut. This nut will allow the socket to be screwed onto a conventional prosthetic terminal device.

The nut in the pictures can be obtained from McMaster Carr.... http://www.mcmaster.com/#94831a671/=wbk3jh

In the included pictures, this socket is formed over a plaster mold of an amputee's residual limb. The socket design also lends itself to molding over other cast or printed models of the residual limb.

This socket is designed for a trans-radial amputee and was trimmed and buffed with a Dremel to allow for freedom of elbow motion of the residual limb.

Below is a link to a video of a Monette Socket being heat formed...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n0LvtSFq18&feature=youtu.be

This device was co-designed with Skip Meetze.

Special thanks to the RIT e-NABLE team and other volunteers in the www.enablingthefuture.org community.

Thanks to Harrision Ham and Joe Hoppes and staff, Advanced Orthopedics and Prosthetics in Newport Richey, FL for addition designs of the Monette socket.