3D Printed Prosthetics

3D Printing has been all over the news lately as a way to rapidly design custom prosthetics for amputees. Some examples:

http://www.reuters.com/video/2012/02/27/3d-printed-prosthetics-offer-amputees-ne?videoId=230878689

http://news.yahoo.com/wounded-eagle-gets-3d-printed-beak-212747462.html

We thought it was about time this same level of medical care was offered to stuffed animals.

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Subject is a 15-year old stuffed pig, whose right arm was lost to a vicious animal in a horrifying accident.

Doctors carefully measured the pig's left arm to create a duplicate that would be virtually identical to the original limb in fit and function.

Because the hospital has a Prusa Reprap 3D Printer on hand, the doctors were able to design and 3D print a prosthetic in no time at all, and now the pig is once again able to perform all the activites it enjoyed before the vicious attack claimed its original arm.

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Guide to Photos:

1 & 2: The patient as initially admitted t