| Developers: | MPO Metalist |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | July 2024 |
| Branches: | Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Healthcare |
2024: Production start-up
The Moscow production association Metalist (MPO Metalist), which is part of the Rostec state corporation, on July 25, 2024 announced the launch of mass production of the first prosthetic brush in Russia with an innovative geometric grip design. The new development is called "Capture" and is designed to help people with upper limb amputation maintain social skills.
According to TASS, the unique mechanism of the prosthesis allows you to hold objects of various sizes - from a needle to a hammer. The design feature is a special relief on the inner surface of the nozzle, which provides a reliable grip without the risk of slipping out objects.
Eduard Yanushenko, CEO of Metalist, stressed that the developers managed not only to reproduce the mechanism of action of the German model produced by Ottobock, but also to create a stronger product from domestic corrosion-resistant steel. He also noted the readiness of the enterprise to fully meet the needs of Russia in such prostheses, which are estimated at about 4,000 products annually.
The Capture development process has gone through several stages of technological improvement. Initially, additive technologies were used for production using 3D printing in stainless steel. Subsequently, the technology was modernized, and production switched to casting from smelting models, which made it possible to achieve a product weight of 300 grams and launch mass production.
Denis Ilyin, the chief designer of Metalist, noted that the final surface treatment of the prosthesis is still carried out manually to give the nozzle a mirror shine and aesthetic appearance.
MPO Metalist is actively developing the direction of prosthetics. In 2024, in addition to "Capture," the company launched into mass production a number of other innovative developments: a children's prosthetic hand "Tucan," a traction prosthesis for the upper limbs "Grif," intended for adults, as well as a bionic module "Comet" with a built-in microprocessor for prosthetic lower limbs.[1]
Notes
| The site content is translated by machine translation software powered by PROMT. The machine-translated articles are not always perfect and may contain errors in vocabulary, syntax or grammar. Read original article If you find inaccuracies or errors in the results of machine translation, please write to editor@tadviser.ru. We will make every effort to correct them as soon as possible. |