Daniel Omar was only 14 the South Sudanese government dropped a bomb on rebel forces nearby, and the he lost both his arms. With the help of philanthropist Mick Ebeling , co-founder and CEO of research firm Not Impossible Labs, Daniel was able to feed himself for the first time in two years. The printed arm and hand will give him…
Instructables has posted a video on creating a very simple prosthesis using a 2 liter soda bottle.
The University of Toronto has partnered up with a hospital from Uganda and an NGO to 3D print prosthetics in order to speed up the process of helping Ugandan people who’ve lost a limb. Professor Matt Ratto is using 3D scanning technology to scan patients arms and sending the scans to technicians who design customized prosthetic…
The science of 3D printing is being applied to human organs. Below is a 2009 videos by leading researcher Dr. Vladimir Mironov explaining the process.
Remote villages, urban disasters and the battle fields are prime places where 3D printed medical tools can save lives. The U.S. military has been investigating how to use 3D printing to solve supply chain issues involving front-line soldiers. Now, a group of Army and Navy researchers have developed a plastic surgical kit that can be…
The aid group, iLab Haiti, is working with Haiti Communitere in Haiti prototyping umbilical cord clamp for use in a local hospital that has severally limited supplies. Doctors were using their surgical gloves to tie off the umbilical cord leaving the doctors with our gloves while delivering babies from mothers who sometimes had AIDS. Using Makerbot machines and…
This is an amazing video of a man who built 3D printed replacement hand for himself after an industrial accident and changed the lives of many. Richard Van As, living in South Africa, and Ivan Owen, living in Washington State, collaboratively designed the Robohand. Using a combination of email, video chat and 3D printing, these…
A doctor in Nigeria is building his own medical equipment out of found objects. He provides farmers with land in exchange for their food and waste. The waste is converted into fuel and power the hospital. Over 100,000 patients have visited this unique hospital over the years. http://panniland.blogspot.com/2007/06/renaissance-man-of-africa.html
