The U.S. FDA defines prosthetics as a category of medical devices intended to replace missing body parts, either inside or on the surface of the body. As such, the category can include both external prostheses like artificial limbs, and internal ones like joint replacement devices. Continue reading “The Role Of 3D Printing In The Design And Manufacture Of Prosthetic Devices”
3D Printed Mesostructured Materials – Flex and Light
Andreas Bastian works at Rice University developing 3D printers for medical applications. Since last October he has been experimenting with creating hexagonal meshes for applications in low-cost 3D printed prosthetics. To create these “mesostructured materials”, as Andreas likes to call them, he has been using a MakerBot Replicator 2 3D Printer. Continue reading “3D Printed Mesostructured Materials – Flex and Light”