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euronews hi-tech – Printed prosthetics

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http://www.euronews.com/ Traditionally, amputees have been offered one-size-fits-all – functional but not particularly attractive. Now technology is blurring the line between medical devices and sculpture.

US designer Scott Summit is using a 3D printer to create a customised type of cover for a prosthetic leg.

He said: “I was always amazed it (the prosthetic) never looked like the sculpture I thought it should. They looked very utilitarian, like they came from engineers. They solved the mechanical function very well but they didn’t really address the human part of the equation. And I thought that perhaps this is where design really wants to come in and change things, make things so that you see it first thing in the morning and you get excited because you can’t wait to show it to the world.”

The person’s existing leg is scanned and the shape of the prosthetic cover is created. It can be customised with different materials – leather, chrome, heavy-duty plastic – some people even choose patterns, snakeskin or a tattoo.

Once the 3D computer scan is complete, the printing begins, building up very thin cross sectional slices until the final piece is complete.

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  1. @stanfieldjeanty9204

    February 15, 2024 at 4:22 pm

    A link to where they can be ordered would really be helpful.

  2. @sixpack4699

    February 15, 2024 at 4:22 pm

    Hola..Quisiera saber cual puede ser el costo para una ortesis transtribial… Gracias.

  3. @TELEVISIBLE

    February 15, 2024 at 4:22 pm

    I feel great watching this kind of tech

  4. @ishfaqshah10

    February 15, 2024 at 4:22 pm

    Just joking

  5. @ishfaqshah10

    February 15, 2024 at 4:22 pm

    Spell luna backwards (French voice)

  6. @ishfaqshah10

    February 15, 2024 at 4:22 pm

    Lol

  7. @ishfaqshah10

    February 15, 2024 at 4:22 pm

    They need to hire me there to represent the company and give me free parts……….im not gay or bi sexual but i know that's what company's look for these days lol. ………don't discriminate against me because i don't have stretch marks on my lips or a split between my cheeks

  8. @ishfaqshah10

    February 15, 2024 at 4:22 pm

    I want a cover

  9. @blindekillen

    February 15, 2024 at 4:22 pm

    😀

  10. @blindekillen

    February 15, 2024 at 4:22 pm

    Wow.. You're crazy man! 😀

  11. @blindekillen

    February 15, 2024 at 4:22 pm

    Haha, well, science is just a tool to figure out how the world works and then mostly use this knowledge to our advantage. You can't blame an abstract concept like that for anything really. It was humans who built and dropped that bomb on other people.

  12. @blindekillen

    February 15, 2024 at 4:22 pm

    Science.. it's just awesome. 🙂

  13. @vgotnofingers

    February 15, 2024 at 4:22 pm

    cheers

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