Topic: this cool 3D-Printed cast

[FerminaDaza]

http://jakevilldesign.dunked.com/cortex
http://www.dezeen.com/2013/06/28/cortex-3d-printed-cast-for-bone-fractures-jake-evill/

This new prototype Cortex arm cast by Victoria University of Wellington grad Jake Evill looks more like conceptual jewelry than a medical device.According to Evill:

After many centuries of splints and cumbersome plaster casts that have been the itchy and smelly bane of millions of children, adults and the aged alike, the world over, we at last bring fracture support into the 21st century. The Cortex exoskeletal cast provides a highly technical and trauma zone localized support system that is fully ventilated, super light, shower friendly, hygienic, recyclable and stylish.



Evill worked with the orthopedics department at his university to develop the design, which uses the X-ray and 3-D scan of a patient with a fracture and to generate a suitable cast with the densest parts near the break. It could then be printed out with a 3-D printer, though at the moment 3-D printing would take much longer than making a plaster cast.

“At the moment, 3-D printing of the cast takes around three hours whereas a plaster cast is three to nine minutes, but requires 24-72 hours to be fully set,” Evill said. “With the improvement of 3-D printing, we could see a big reduction in the time it takes to print in the future.”

Even if it takes a while to be functional as a medical device, 
Evill's design would already make excellent jewelry  

[Smitty Werben Man Jensen]

badass surname, "Evill" 

[raberdaki]

this is a work from an Evil genius hahaha

[neckromancer]

Polymer material ba ito?

[Idiot]

i like the surname

it so Evill