[AMP-L] Student Makes 3D-printed Prostheses Affordable

[Wayne Renardson]

via University of California:

Every quarter, UC San Diego engineers Joshua Pelz and Luca De Vivo, 
as well as prosthetics specialist Herb Barrack, travel to Ensenada, 
Mexico, where they work with amputees to provide free, 3D-printed, 
custom-made prostheses.  

The team takes scans of the amputees´ residual limbs with smartphones, 
which they then bring back to the UC San Diego campus. They use the 
scans to build a digital model of the amputated limb and a compatible 
prosthesis. Then, using a 3D printer the team developed, the prosthesis  
is printed in just 12 hours.

The rest of the story, with photos & illustrations, here:

https://tinyurl.com/yypc6ql3

Wayne R.