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3D printing is reshaping prosthetic care

From faster production to personalized fits, 3D printing is revolutionizing prosthetic care. New scanning tools and digital workflows mean devices can be tailored to each wearer’s needs with ...

The Process of Building Patient-Specific Medical Devices with 3D Printing

Discover how medical 3D printing creates patient-specific devices and custom prosthetics. Read our guide to clinical ...
People

British Man Receives the World's First 3D Printed Prosthetic Eye: 'I've Always Felt Self-Conscious'

Steve Verze of London received a 3D printed prosthetic eye that offers clearer definition and depth, according to Moorfields Eye Hospital The future of 3D printing is looking great. Steve Verze of ...
AOL

The Complicated Reality of 3D Printed Prosthetics

Around ten years ago, fantastic media coverage of 3D printing dramatically increased expectations for the technology. A particular darling of that coverage was the use of 3D-printing for prosthetic ...
WXYZ-TV Channel 7

Metro Detroit high school students 3D print prosthetic arm for 10-year-old boy

A group of high school students in metro Detroit used a 3D printer to create a life-changing prosthetic arm for a 10-year-old ...
WGRZ

Students 3D print prosthetic hands for children in need

BUFFALO, N.Y. — By masking up and following social distancing guidelines, a summer camp for community-minded students interested in science and engineering was able to go on as planned this year.
KUTV

UVU student uses 3D printing to make prosthetic hands for children

OREM, Utah (KUTV) — A Utah Valley University student is finding a way to use his passion for 3D printing to help others. And it turns out, that hobby is working to his own benefit as well. Matt Thomas ...
Reporter-Herald

Loveland group continues 3D-printing prosthetic arms after years of work

In 2018, the Loveland e-Nable group of makers delivered their first 3D-printed prosthetic arm to an 8-year-old girl in Kansas City. Now, years later, the group continues to improve their design and ...
Marketplace

3D printing was supposed to disrupt prosthetic costs. It hasn’t.

Britt Young, writer and lecturer at UC Berkeley, explains why 3D printing has not brought down costs of prosthetic limbs. Prosthetic limbs can be expensive, costing thousands to hundreds of thousands ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

3D printing opens doors for those with prosthetics

When Peregrine Hawthorn breaks a finger, all he has to do is improve on the design and print a new one. The 19-year-old from Seattle was born without fingers on his left hand, but in 2013 he learned ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

Prosthetics design integrating 3D printing takes third place in international challenge

Jade Myers’ experience in Haiti several years ago helping refugees after a devastating earthquake left an impression that is inspiring her work today as a researcher in prosthetics and accessibility.