Processamento e caracterização mecânica de liga à base de buriti para confecção de próteses transtibiais ortopédicas

Abstract

The use of lignocellulosic fibers has gained a lot in recent years, due to the worldwide concern in the development of sustainable materials. This impulse boosted the study and consequently the development of materials made from vegetable fiber, among them buriti (Mauritia flexuosa L.), whose mechanical properties have drawn considerable attention in the textile market and in civil construction. Thus, the present work aims to enable the use of buriti fiber as reinforcement in the production of orthopedic transtibial prostheses. Thus, mechanical tests recommended for validation of its use, among them, were carried out. Flexion, Traction and Charpy and later analyzed its viability in relation to the materials already used and inserted in the market. It is expected that the results of this research allow the insertion of buriti fiber in the hospital environment, focusing on the production of lower and upper limbs prostheses, thus seeking to meet the demand that exists in Brazil for affordable prostheses for the low population, through the study of an alternative material.