prosthetics
Amin Hasani’s Blue Heart Hero Makes Custom 3D Printed Assistive Devices for Amputees
Amin Hasani is the designer behind the Havenlabs utility band. Havenlabs is a nonprofit that aims to use 3D printing to aid veterans. Designer Amin now wants to take a…
Custom 3D Printed Ocular Prosthetics: Through A Semi Automated Fabrication Process
In a previous post we mentioned the work of a team from the Severance Hospital South Korea on ocular prostheses. Led by Professor Yoon Jin-sook and working together with artificial…
Twikit’s Twikbot Brings Mass Customization Using 3D Printing To Prosthetics and Orthotics
Twikit is a Belgium based startup that makes mass customization software. The firm created parametric software that can be used to, within well-defined parameters, make unique 3D printed products. For…
Interview with Prosthetist and Orthotist Brent Wright of LifeEnabled on 3D Printing Prosthetics
Amidst the hubble and bubble of optimism, money and growth, there are also people doing good things with 3D printing. Open source prosthetics are one of the most exciting areas…
3D Printed Prosthetics To Offer Hope to People in War-Ravaged Countries
Approximately 86,000 Syrians have lost limbs during the last seven years of war in their country, according to the World Health Organization and Handicap International (now known as Humanity &…
3D Printing Helps Mr. Stubbs the Alligator Get a New Tail
What’s an alligator without a tail? Still an alligator, and potentially dangerous, but a lot more stubby – which is how Mr. Stubbs the alligator got his name. 10 years…
Two Children Receive 3D Printed Prosthetics at Newly Opened Center in India
A child with a missing or damaged limb doesn’t get to do a lot of the things that make up a childhood, such as playing sports. Prosthetics have, in the…
South Korean Hospital Ready to Commercialize 3D Printed Prosthetic Eyes
At this time, there’s nothing that can restore vision to a person who has lost an eye, unfortunately. That may change in the future; in fact, some researchers fully expect…
3D Printing Changing Lives Through Provision of Orthopedic Devices in Togo
Togo, bordered on the west by Ghana, on the east by Benin, and Burkina Faso to the north, is one of the smallest countries in Africa, with a population of…
New Prosthetic Legs Change Dubai Man’s Life as UAE Continues to Embrace 3D Printing
For more than 15 of his 25 years, Fahed Mohamad Ali relied heavily on a wheelchair, his wooden prosthetic legs more cosmetic than functional. But now Ali has become the…
Baseball Player Perfects His Throw with 3D Printed Prosthetic Finger
When Cruz Ramos was a small child, he was in a terrible accident. At age five, he was riding an escalator at an Arlington, Texas mall when his index finger…
The 3D Printed Youbionic Hand Features New Updates with More to Come Soon
In 2014, a company called Youbionic emerged with an exciting goal: the development of a 3D printed bionic hand controlled by an Arduino. Unlike prosthetics that require cables and wires…
Chinese Researchers Validate Effectiveness of Teenager’s 3D Printed Custom Knee Joint Replacement Prosthesis
When the cells in a person’s bone divide uncontrollably, a mass of invasive tissue, better known as a tumor, develops. While most bone tumors are benign, malignant forms occur most…
Open Bionics Introduces the Hero Arm: First-Ever Medically Approved 3D Printed Bionic Arm Available Soon
There are few organizations more exciting and inspiring than Open Bionics. The UK company has been working on the creation of 3D printed bionic prosthetic arms since 2014 – and…
Venus with Arms: Outfitting Statues with 3D Printed Prosthetics to Raise Awareness
Aphrodite of Milos, better known as the Venus de Milo, is one of the most well-known sculptures in the world. Depicting a woman, thought to be the goddess Aphrodite or…
Missouri Teen 3D Prints Prosthetic Arm for His Dad
When Robert Frei’s dad returned from his tour of duty as a Marine in Iraq, he wasn’t the same. Specifically, he was missing the lower part of his right arm…
e-NABLE and 3D Printing Featured Among Prosthetic Case Studies in Bespoke Bodies Gallery Exhibit
While Game of Thrones’ Jamie Lannister may wear a prosthetic hand made of solid gold, most prostheses are made from far more common materials, but not all are any more practical….
GCU Students Trying Not to 3D Print Prosthetics for Amputees in Rwanda
It sounds cruel, but actually it’s one of the best things this group of young researchers can be doing. The use of 3D printers to make prosthetics is widely known,…
Engineering Student Creates Inexpensive 3D Printed Eye Prosthesis
While some researchers have worked on 3D printed eyes that could reverse blindness and connect to WiFi, the possibility of a 3D printed eye prosthesis that looks real represents a…
Paralympian Uses 3D Printing to Create Snowboarding Prosthetics for Team USA
It’s not hard to understand the impact that 3D printing is having on business and crafting. It’s an amazing method for creating and has solved countless problems associated with traditional…
3D Printing News Briefs: January 19, 2018
We’re all business today in 3D Printing News Briefs, covering stories about everything from investments, grants, and executives to awards and new machines. SCRA announced an investment in 3D prosthetics…
Peg is One Lucky Duck, Receiving a 3D Printed Foot from Arkansas High School Students
You would probably be hard pressed to find someone who is not an animal lover. And most of us eat up the stories about animals being helped via 3D printing….
Dutch Physician Driving to Sierra Leone to Deliver 3D Printed Children’s Prosthetics and Ultimaker 3D Printer
You’d be hard-pressed to find a story about 3D printed children’s prosthetics that isn’t at least a little heartwarming, and today’s latest is no exception. 29-year-old Dr. Lars Brouwers, a physician…
Fabrilab Provides 3D Printed Superhero Prosthetics to Children in Colombia
3D printing has become a standard tool in the creation of prosthetics. What isn’t so standardized is the hundreds of creative ideas that are being developed, adopted, and adapted by…
