{"id":43286,"date":"2023-01-02T00:02:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T23:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/?p=43286"},"modified":"2023-01-02T15:25:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T14:25:53","slug":"3d-printed-prosthetics-ukraine-war-020120234","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/3d-printed-prosthetics-ukraine-war-020120234\/","title":{"rendered":"350 Prosthetic Hands Donated to Ukrainian War Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"

The war in Ukraine began on 24th February 2022 with the Russian invasion of the country. Since then, millions of lives have been affected and countless citizens and soldiers have suffered serious injury resulting in amputation. This is tragic, of course- how could\u00a0additive manufacturing <\/a>\u00a0help?<\/p>\n

In fact, 3D printing can be used to produce prosthetic limbs for said war victims. In the most recent example, a researcher named Gerwin Smit at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands has developed a prosthetic hand made using a hybrid method of 3D printing and laser cutting. These hands have been distributed and used in India since 2021 and, thanks to Indian social enterprise firm Vispala, are now available in Ukraine. Vispala has donated 350 of the hands to Ukraine with the help of an American IT company named Cisco.<\/p>\n