Why This Little Two Year Old Girl Loves 3D Printed Magic Arms (Forbes)
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3D printing is regularly touted as one of the future’s brightest technologies and business opportunities. But the real and beautiful power comes when any technology can truly change a life as it has in the case of two-year-old little girl named Emma. Thanks to a Stratasys 3D printer, Emma now has the use of her arms.
In this touching video, her mother explains her birth defect called arthrogryposis and then the work of the amazing and cool team of researchers at Nemours, a pediatric health system in Delaware that has centers and labs to solve many unique problems for children. Researchers created the 3D printed a durable custom exoskeleton with the tiny, lightweight parts she needed.
The Center for Orthopedics Research and Development (CORD) works closely with Nemours Department of Orthopedics to develop devices and methods that directly impact children with musculoskeletal and orthopedic disabilities. The Center efforts are focused within the Pediatric Engineering Research Laboratory (PERL) which includes the WREX (Wilmington Robotic Exoskeleton) that allows children with weakness to move their arms...
