Posts tagged 3d printing

Testing Custom 3-D Printed Prosthetics for Refugees

Caring for patients whose lives have been shattered by bullets, shrapnel, or severe burns is often a long and complex process.

Off-the-shelf prosthetics can be prohibitively expensive and are generally one size fits all. But no two patients are alike—from lifestyle to skin tone to aspirations, each has different needs when it comes to the prosthetic design that will benefit them most.

This is where 3-D printing comes in.

Check out our spring Alert feature on Medical Innovations

 https://medium.com/msf-alert/testing-custom-3-d-printed-prosthetics-for-refugees-6e36207abb0f

MSF Pilots 3-D Printing and Virtual Reality Technology to Design its Hospitals and Improve Patient Care

Inside our future hospital - using 3D printing and VR tech for humanitarian aid bit.ly/1Ps2DRd