A company has donated 350 of Smit’s, the biomechanical engineer behind the design, 3D-printed prosthetic hands to war victims in Ukraine.
for Ukranian war victims. Thanks to laser-cutting technology, war victims get their prosthetic limbs more easily. These prosthetic hands are in use in India, and Indian company Vispala donated 350 of Smit's 3D-printed prosthetic hands to war victims in Ukraine,Designed by biomedical engineer Gerwin Smit, the so-called “Hundred Dollar Hand” is very cheap to produce.
“I’m happy that we can contribute to this wonderful initiative. And I’m also hoping that with help from the Movendi Foundation, we can raise enough money to make another donation to Ukraine,” Smit said.Vispala, an Indian company established in Kolkata, is dedicated to providing the best value-based design and technology for prosthetic devices that enable human mobility,Since 2018, we have employed cutting-edge additive manufacturing technology to reimagine prosthetics and orthotics.
As you might be familiar, the Polish company Sygnis SA produced a 3D-printed skull through additive manufacturing, which was essential to the success of the newborn baby's neurological operation. Following an urgent appeal for assistance from doctors at the enable Polska Foundation and surgeons at the Upper Silesian Centre of Child Health, a life-saving 1:1 model of the newborn's skull was created.
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