TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Otte, Andreas
T1  - 3D Computer-Aided Design Reconstructions and 3D Multi-Material Polymer Replica Printings of the First “Iron Hand” of Franconian Knight Gottfried (Götz) von Berlichingen (1480–1562): An Overview
JF  - Prosthesis
N2  - Knight Götz von Berlichingen (1480–1562) lost his right hand distal to the wrist due to a cannon ball splinter injury in 1504 in the Landshut War of Succession at the age of 24. Early on, Götz commissioned a gunsmith to build the first “Iron Hand,” in which the artificial thumb and two finger blocks could be moved in their basic joints by a spring mechanism and released by a push button. Some years later, probably around 1530, a second “Iron Hand” was built, in which the fingers could be moved passively in all joints. In this review, the 3D computer-aided design (CAD) reconstructions and 3D multi-material polymer replica printings of the first “Iron hand“, which were developed in the last few years at Offenburg University, are presented. Even by today’s standards, the first “Iron Hand”—as could be shown in the replicas—demonstrates sophisticated mechanics and well thought-out functionality and still offers inspiration and food for discussion when it comes to the question of an artificial prosthetic replacement for a hand. It is also outlined how some of the ideas of this mechanical passive prosthesis can be translated into a modern motorized active prosthetic hand by using simple, commercially available electronic components.
KW  - Iron Hand
KW  - Götz von Berlichingen
KW  - 3D computer-aided design
KW  - finite element method
KW  - 3D multi-material polymer printing
KW  - replica
KW  - hand prosthesis
KW  - neuroprosthetics
Y1  - 2020
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ofb1-opus4-42180
SN  - 2673-1592
SS  - 2673-1592
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/prosthesis2040027
DO  - https://doi.org/10.3390/prosthesis2040027
VL  - 2
IS  - 4
SP  - 304
EP  - 312
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -