Prosthetics kuchokera ku Printing 3D

Prosthetics ndi munda umodzi wokhazikika bwino ndi Printing 3D.

Chaka chatha, ndikuyenda kuzungulira dziko la United States ku dziko la 3DRV, tinakumana ndi makampani angapo omwe amachititsa kusiyana kwa anthu omwe ataya miyendo. Prosthetics nthawi zambiri ndi okwera mtengo kwambiri, koma dziko la 3D yosindikizira likusintha, komanso mofulumira.

Malinga ndi kumene mumapeza ziwerengero zanu, muli pakati pa 10 ndi 15 miliyoni amputees padziko lonse lapansi. Kawirikawiri, anthu omwe amatha kupweteka miyendo amamva kupweteka kwambiri komanso amakumana ndi vuto loti apatsidwe thupilo lawo lomwe limawalola kuti agwire ntchito. Pansi, pali chosowa chachikulu, chachikulu m'dera lino la mankhwala ndi thanzi.

Popanda zofuna zambiri, mukhoza kusindikizira 3D osakaniza ndi prosthetic pothandizira ena otseguka. Pamene ndikukumana ndi ojambula osindikizira a 3D ndi amalonda kulikonse, sindidabwa ndi nzeru ndi chisamaliro chomwe anthu ali nacho kwa iwo amene adamva zowawa kapena matenda. Ndikudabwa ndi anthu omwe akuyesera kumanga bizinesi kuthandiza anthu ambiri omwe sangakwanitse kapena omwe sangakwanitse kupeza zipangizo zamakono kuti apange.

Nkhaniyi ili ndi nkhani zokhudzana ndi kupatsa, koma ine ndinapeza gulu lomwe likuyesera kufalitsa mawuwo mobwerezabwereza. Bungwe ili, lotchedwa e-NABLE, likuchita ntchito yodabwitsa popanga njira yogwirizana kuti apeze atsogoleri azachipatala, mafakitale, ndi ndondomeko za boma kuti apange chochitika chomwe sichidzangophunzitsa odziwa okha, koma amaphatikizapo mankhwala opatsirana opatsirana kwa ana okhala ndi ziwalo zapamwamba .

Gulu la odzipereka lapanga ndalama zokwana madola 50 ndi magawo atatu osindikizidwa a 3D ndipo makamaka ma screws omwe alipo ndi zolumikiza. Akugwira ntchito kuti apange mafayilo opanga mawonekedwe omasuka kuti asindikize, komanso nkhani zowononga mtima za ana, akuluakulu ndi zida zankhondo omwe apatsidwa manja awa osindikizidwa a 3D kuchokera ku gulu lonse la odzipereka e-NABLE.

Gulu la e-NABLE linafika kuno kukaonana ndi dokotala wamkulu wa opaleshoni, Dr. Albert Chi, kuti awawonetse dokotalayo kuti apange $ 50 3D yosindikizidwa ndi pulasitiki. Dr. Chi anawona kuti angathe kugwiritsa ntchito dzanjali ndikutheka kuti pali mitundu yambiri ya ma prosthetics, kusintha miyoyo ya zikwi za anthu padziko lapansi, omwe sangathe kugulitsa ndalama zokwana $ 30,000- $ 50,000 prosthetic.

Imodzi mwa makampani opanga ma prosthetics omwe ali mbali ya e-NABLE yotchulidwa pamwambapa: Limbitless Solutions ndi kampani yopanda phindu yopanga zida zothandiza ana (ndi ena) omwe amafunikira iwo. Ngati mukuwerenga malowa kapena mukusamala za izi, iwo ndi gulu loti liziyang'ana ndi kuyendera.

Pamene ndinali ku Shapeways ku community meetup, ndinakumana ndi wojambula wina wa ku New York yemwe anapereka nthawi yake kuthandiza mkazi, Natasha Long wa Nova Scotia, yemwe anali pangozi ndipo anataya mwendo wake. Mkaziyo anali ndi mtima wodabwitsa ndipo ankaona kuti mwendo wake unataya ngati "mwayi wojambula ma prostate." Wojambula wa 3D, Melissa Ng yemwe ali ndi Lumecluster, anamva za kufunikira kwake ndipo anapereka mphatso yake yodzikongoletsa, yojambula ya 3D yomwe imasindikizidwa maskiti kuti igwiritsidwe ntchito mu prosthetic kwa Natasha. Gulu la Thinking Robot Studios linapanga mwendo wa prosthetic - mukhoza kuwerenga zolemba pa blog ya Melissa.

Ngakhale zosowa za prosthetic za dziko sizingathetsedwe mwa njira yotseguka yosindikizira kapena kusindikiza kwa 3D, pali anthu ambiri omwe ali ndi chiyembekezo pamene akuwona mapulojekiti amtunduwu ndi nkhani zomwe magulu akupanga kuti athe kuthana ndi mtengo ndi machitidwe a miyendo ya prosthetic , mikono, ndi manja.