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VanillaRhapsody

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3. as someone who is currently recovering from surgery for a broken wrist....I find this absolutely

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Fri Jul 5, 2013, 03:53 PM

Jul 2013

awesome! I didn't have to wear a cast thankfully....a plastic splint was fashioned that was uniquely designed to fit me....a surprise for me to discover. This would be the next generation of the plastic splint they made for me at the hand occupational therapist office.!

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A graduate has developed a 3D- printed exoskeletal cast.. [View all] Playinghardball Jul 2013 OP

A link from The Daily Mail siligut Jul 2013 #1

Oops, sorry about that... Playinghardball Jul 2013 #2

Much better link siligut Jul 2013 #4

as someone who is currently recovering from surgery for a broken wrist....I find this absolutely VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #3

really could have used one of these coeur_de_lion Jul 2013 #5

Very cool, but how does the wrist part slip over the hand? tridim Jul 2013 #6

I imagine it'd be tailored to the specific type of break. (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2013 #7

Right, but it's precisely form-fitted and I assume extremely stiff. tridim Jul 2013 #8

Can be cut and glued I suspect. Paulie Jul 2013 #9

It has seams that are glued together. tinrobot Jul 2013 #10

Kind of defeats the elegance of the thing, but I guess it's necessary. tridim Jul 2013 #11