South Korean Hospital Ready to Commercialize 3D Printed Prosthetic Eyes
“About 60,000 patients in South Korea require an artificial eye, but only 40,000 have access to one. Thanks to Seoul’s Severance Hospital, however, many more patients may be about to be able to receive artificial eyes – of the 3D printed variety. A team led by Professor Yoon Jin-sook of the hospital’s department of ophthalmology and artificial eye maker Baik Seung-woon have spent three years researching in order to develop a way to make ocular prosthetics using 3D printing, which is faster and simpler than traditional means of fabrication and could make it easier for more patients to obtain them.
Now the team is getting ready to commercialize the 3D printed artificial eyes…”
https://3dprint.com/218949/3d-printed-prosthetic-eyes/
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