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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by ineedasername on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @08:04PM (#20521402)
This is pretty awesome. And sure, right now it's limited to high end tech at the bleeding edge of medicine, but I fully hope this will inspire the current gen owners of glowforges, makerbots, xcarves, and all of their off-brand alternatives to begin making over-engineered, novel, and interesting finger splints or Band-Aids or other diy-friendly med tech.
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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by jwp23 on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @08:23PM (#20521507)
I have a friend whose son was born with a partial hand. They were able to use 3D printing to make a prosthetic that was cheap enough they could make new ones as he grew. IIRC, they could do themes such as iron man for the prosthetic.
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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by ineedasername on Thursday July 25, 2019 @11:42AM (#20526335)
I love it! In some ways these printers are only begining to exit the novelty phase (I mean the consumer versions) and already there's a minor explosion in exiting uses for them. An exciting time!
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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by pabloarteel on Thursday July 25, 2019 @04:16AM (#20523577)
Do they have photos, video or info to share? Would be really interesting to see it working, sounds awesome.
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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by jwp23 on Thursday July 25, 2019 @06:05PM (#20530257)
I found out because they shared on Facebook. I would normally not share it, but apparently his experience was shared on the news. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/stories/3d_griffin.html
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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by sprafa on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @09:48PM (#20521923)
That’s super cool
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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by lcrc123 on Thursday July 25, 2019 @02:59AM (#20523265)
that is awesome!
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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by joatmon-snoo on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @08:22PM (#20521496)
Worth noting then that many already have been inspired :)

http://www.openhandproject.org https://3dprint.nih.gov/collections/prosthetics

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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by justinclift on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @11:49PM (#20522399)
Related: https://opensourceleg.com
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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by mancerayder on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @10:02PM (#20521988)
There's a common issue with slipped discs and terrible long term pain. If the day comes when we can print and install new vertebrae easily, I'm signing up. I imagine in this world of phone and PC usage, there'll be many customers in the years to come.
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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by hermitdev on Thursday July 25, 2019 @01:02AM (#20522696)
Me too. I suffer from degenerative discs, bone spurs and arthritis in all of my cervical and thoracic vertebrae. I'm in constant pain and if there was a realistic spinal replacement procedure, I would seriously consider it.

I don't know what caused my problems, but arthritis and bonr spurs definitely run in my family and 3 decades of poor posture haven't helped and ive had too numerous bicycle falls and car crashes over the years to even count (I was in a car accident just last week! Not my fault).

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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by AJCxZ0 on Thursday July 25, 2019 @02:37PM (#20528107)
I'm holding out for full-body prosthesis, but until then you might like to look into the likely next best option for your current body: https://startingstrength.com/article/back-pain-and-back-stre...
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