3D-printed prosthetic limbs: the next revolution in medicine
by Ian Birrell from Technology | The Guardian on (#2D6MS)
As 3D printing continues to transform manufacturing, doctors are hoping it could also help the 30 million people worldwide in need of artificial limbs and braces
John Nhial was barely a teenager when he was grabbed by a Sudanese guerrilla army and forced to become a child soldier. He spent four years fighting, blasting away on guns almost too heavy to hold, until one day the inevitable happened: he was seriously injured, treading on a landmine while he was on morning patrol.
"I stepped on it and it exploded," he recalled. "It threw me up and down again - and then I tried to look for my leg and found that there was no foot."
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