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Gripper Thumb Terminal Device

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The Gripper Thumb Terminal Device is a do it yourself 3D printable prosthetic designed for use by individuals with upper extremity disabilities and hand amputees. The Gripper Thumb TD allows the user to grasp and release objects using the unaffected hand rather than a Bowden cable. Pressing an object against the frictional surface of the thumb tip can force the thumb to be pulled away from the fingers for an object to be gripped. Tasks with small objects (such as taking the nut off of a machine screw) or with large objects (such as opening and closing a jar, tube or bottle) can be undertaken this way.

Technical Specifications: 

Size: Standard palm size.

Materials: 3D printing material.

Printing has been successful with SLS in nylon and with FDM in nylon, ABS, PETG, Cheetah and Armadillo filaments. Print the palm on its side with support when using FDM. The thumb also needs support during printing.

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01/22/2018
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Gripper Thumb Terminal Device


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What is Thingiverse?

MakerBot's Thingiverse is a thriving design community for discovering, making, and sharing 3D printable things. As the world's largest 3D printing community, we believe that everyone should be encouraged to create and remix 3D things, no matter their technical expertise or previous experience. In the spirit of maintaining an open platform, all designs are encouraged to be licensed under a Creative Commons license, meaning that anyone can use or alter any design.

How Can I Get Involved?

The best way to get involved with Thingiverse is to try your hand at 3D designing. Thingiverse isn't just of designers, engineers, or CAD drawing experts: anyone can learn. But that's not the only way to participate... Gaining street cred can be as simple as posting your "makes" (prints of an existing design), or creating your own mod template for your favorite 3D design in Customizer, our first app that uses the Thingiverse API.

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