Make patient-assistive devices or device models.

Make patient-assistive devices or device models. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 3 occupations and seen in 6 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Fabricate medical devices. in Handling and Moving Objects .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 6 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 0 (0%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Design, fabricate, or repair assistive devices or make adaptive changes to equipment or environments. · Occupational Therapy Assistants · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Make preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts. · Dental Assistants · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Pour, trim, and polish study casts. · Dental Assistants · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Fabricate temporary restorations or custom impressions from preliminary impressions. · Dental Assistants · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Fabricate and fit orthodontic appliances and materials for patients, such as retainers, wires, or bands. · Dental Assistants · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Fabricate patient immobilization devices, such as molds or casts, for radiation delivery. · Medical Dosimetrists · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Dental Assistants
• Medical Dosimetrists

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-make-patient-assistive-devices-or-device-models,
  title  = {Make patient-assistive devices or device models.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/make-patient-assistive-devices-or-device-models}
}