The cast itself is 3-D printed using a recyclable plastic, and is about a quarter of the weight of a conventional cast (about 1 pound). If you’ve ever worn a cast for a broken limb, you’ll ...

BIRMINGHAM, England — Data collected at the Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust revealed a low incidence of thromboembolic events in patients with lower-limb fractures or ...

The medical practice of immobilizing fractured limbs with a cast has been around for a long, long time. Researchers uncovered that the earliest known surgical text, “The Edwin Smith Papyrus ...

A 3D-printed cast concept, more flexible and wearer-friendly than traditional plaster cast for break and fracture patients, is the latest potential application of advanced materials manipulation ...

The new 3D-printed casts are here and far more comfortable than anything plaster. The waterproof casts feature an open-lattice ... collects the broken limb’s specifications, and the cast is then ...

A Northumbria University Design student has developed an innovative solution to the cumbersome traditional plaster cast for broken limbs. A Northumbria University design student has developed an ...

Val Vickroy broke her arm in the third grade (cheerleading mishap) and her ankle in sixth grade (soccer). She landed back in the E.R. for a fractured hand during her ...

Two methods in war surgery-one for saving limbs, the other for amputating them-were reported at the A.M.A. meeting last week.> Standard treatment for wounds in World War II is to trim off all ...

Before this paper, evidence for the reliability of 3D scanners for prosthetic limb design was produced using plaster models and mannequins that don't twitch, or have trouble balancing.

Once almost a childhood rite of passage, plaster or fiberglass casts were the method of choice for fixing broken bones. But now, doctors around the world are increasingly shunning cumbersome casts ...

New casts for broken limbs are light, flexible, removable. wpvi. By 6abc. LOS ANGELES . ... Unlike traditional plaster and fiberglass casts, the Exos one can be removed daily.