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O*NET detailed work activityDesign medical devices or appliances
AI-assistCreate & design
6 jobs7 tasks
Use AI to generate lots of options, references and rough mock-ups fast. The craft, the taste and the final call are what make it yours.
Part of Design materials or devices, under the O*NET work activity group Thinking Creatively. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 7 AI-assist, 0 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Design orthopedic and prosthetic devices, based on physicians' prescriptions and examination and measurement of patients.
- Design and fabricate appliances, such as space maintainers, retainers, and labial and lingual arch wires.
- Design and fabricate dental prostheses, or supervise dental technicians and laboratory bench workers who construct the devices.
- Design, make, or fit prosthodontic appliances, such as space maintainers, bridges, or dentures, or write fabrication instructions or prescriptions for denturists or dental technicians.
- Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.
- Design or develop medical diagnostic or clinical instrumentation, equipment, or procedures, using the principles of engineering and biobehavioral sciences.
- Design and deliver technology, such as prosthetic devices, to assist people with disabilities.