Co-design, 3D printing and medicine for the design of customizable dailylife products

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Alessia Romani*, Giovanni Orlando, Raffaele Convertino, Francesco Zappalà, Roberta Baldassin, Maria Grazia Pisu, Angela Lorè, Stefania Digioia, Emanuela Brambilla, Giovanna Marcato, Italia Agresta, Francesco Basciu, Valerio Fausti, Giuditta Ravalli, Andrea Mantelli, Marinella Levi, Chiara Donati
Reumatismo, vol. 71(S2), SIR - Società Italiana di Reumatologia (Italian Rheumatology Society), 2019 Nov, pp. 286-293

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Romani*, A., Orlando, G., Convertino, R., Zappalà, F., Baldassin, R., Pisu, M. G., … Donati, C. (2019). Co-design, 3D printing and medicine for the design of customizable dailylife products (Vol. 71, pp. 286–293). SIR - Società Italiana di Reumatologia (Italian Rheumatology Society).

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Romani*, Alessia, Giovanni Orlando, Raffaele Convertino, Francesco Zappalà, Roberta Baldassin, Maria Grazia Pisu, Angela Lorè, et al. “Co-Design, 3D Printing and Medicine for the Design of Customizable Dailylife Products.” In , 71:286–293. Reumatismo. SIR - Società Italiana di Reumatologia (Italian Rheumatology Society), 2019.

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Romani*, Alessia, et al. Co-Design, 3D Printing and Medicine for the Design of Customizable Dailylife Products. Vol. 71, no. S2, SIR - Società Italiana di Reumatologia (Italian Rheumatology Society), 2019, pp. 286–93.

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@inproceedings{alessia2019a,
  title = {Co-design, 3D printing and medicine for the design of customizable dailylife products},
  year = {2019},
  month = nov,
  issue = {S2},
  pages = {286-293},
  publisher = {SIR - Società Italiana di Reumatologia (Italian Rheumatology Society)},
  series = {Reumatismo},
  volume = {71},
  author = {Romani*, Alessia and Orlando, Giovanni and Convertino, Raffaele and Zappalà, Francesco and Baldassin, Roberta and Pisu, Maria Grazia and Lorè, Angela and Digioia, Stefania and Brambilla, Emanuela and Marcato, Giovanna and Agresta, Italia and Basciu, Francesco and Fausti, Valerio and Ravalli, Giuditta and Mantelli, Andrea and Levi, Marinella and Donati, Chiara},
  howpublished = {Italian (CoDesign, Stampa 3D e Medicina per la Progettazione di Prodotti personalizzabili d'Uso Quotidiano)},
  month_numeric = {11}
}

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Invited contriobution at 56th SIR Conference 2019

Abstract

Despite the importance of assistive devices in the daily lives of patients with reduced limb mobility, the abandonment rate of these assistive products remains very high. In most cases, this choice is due to the strong clinical aesthetics of the device, which can be judged as stigmatizing by the user, as well as its inability to fully meet the user's needs. These products become, therefore, less accessible, making it difficult for users to use them during their everyday activities. Users are nowadays gaining a more active role in the development of new products hanks to digital fabrication, e.g., 3D printing, and the creation of communities focused on collaboration and sharing. This trend is also true in the medical field, where new projects and tools are fostering greater patient awareness. Among these, Codesign assumes a crucial role. By involving users in the product development process, the product outcome is more aligned with their unspoken needs; easily customizable to fit their requirements; and accessible due to the dissemination enabled by digital technologies. This paper outlines the design methodology and the results of two codesign projects carried out at +Lab, the 3D printing lab of Politecnico di Milano, focused on everyday products developed with and for people with different disease conditions: (i) rheumatic diseases (Noi Non Ci Fermiamo, developed in collaboration with the patient associations ANMAR, APMARR, ALOMAR, and Roche S.p.A.) and hemidystonia (Engiò, developed in collaboration with a patient). These projects demonstrate that user involvement can lead to concrete results when adequately supported during the design phase. 1

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56th National Congress of the Italian Society of Rheumatology

Paper:

Romani, A. et al., 2019. Co-design, 3D printing and medicine for the design of customizable dailylife products (CoDesign, Stampa 3D e Medicina per la Progettazione di Prodotti personalizzabili d'Uso Quotidiano).1

Rimini, Italy, 30th November 2019

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📑 Full text (publisher version) 1
🛠️ OSF Repository (3D models and parametric definition) 2
🛠️ OSF Repository (3D models and and customized versions) 3

Romani, A., Orlando, G., Convertino, R., Zappalà, F., Baldassin, R., Pisu, M.G., Lorè, A., Digioia, S., Brambilla, E., Marcato, G., Agresta, I., Basciu, F., Fausti, V., Ravalli, G., Mantelli, A., Levi, M., Donati, C., 2019. Co-design, 3D printing and medicine for the design of customizable dailylife products (CoDesign, Stampa 3D e Medicina per la Progettazione di Prodotti personalizzabili d'Uso Quotidiano). In: Reumatismo, Vol 71, pp. 286--293. SIR - Società Italiana di Reumatologia (Italian Rheumatology Society). ISSN: 0048-7449 ↩
Romani, A. 2025. Parametric 3D printable Assistive Technology Products for people with rheumatic Diseases - Grasshopper Configurators. Project repository. Available at OSF.io. DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/JBXAF ↩
Romani, A. 2025. Over 5/95: 3D Printing and Parametric Design for customizable daily life products - 3D models and parametric definitions. Project repository. Available at OSF.io. DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/Y4B3F ↩