dijous, 25 de setembre del 2014

Volunteers use 3D printers to create inexpensive prosthetics




e-NABLE, an online group of 1,500 volunteers, uses 3D printing to build prosthetics for patients in need.






NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An online organization of more than 1,500 volunteers is using 3D printers to produce prosthetic hands or fingers for people around the world who need them.


This Sunday, the group, called e-NABLE, will come together at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to further their goals of designing, printing and distributing their inexpensive plastic prostheses, in advance of an upcoming U.S. Food and Drug Administration public forum on 3D printing of medical devices.



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