Tag: 3-D Technology
3-D technology intrigues prosthetists
April 10, 2015Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine - It sounds like something out of a sci-fi film: artificial limbs rolling off a 3-D printer.“There are a lot of people out there getting all excited about 3-D printing,” said Dennis Clark, president of the Orthotics and Prosthetics Group of America (OPGA), a division of The VGM Group. “To me, this is just a material or process change. It's the next thing.”Google “3-D printing + prosthetics” and nearly 31,000 results appear. Currently, the primary...
