3D Printing Pilot Targets Prosthetic Socket Production in The Gambia

3D Printing Pilot Targets Prosthetic Socket Production in The Gambia

British charity STAND has begun a pilot program in The Gambia that applies 3D scanning and printing to the production of prosthetic sockets, the custom-made part that joins an amputee’s residual limb to an artificial leg. The initiative, co-financed by the European Union, is intended to test whether digital fabrication can offer a quicker, simpler,…