Broken Limb? Here Comes the 3D Printed Cast! - The Medical Futurist Newsletter Special Edition

As one of my correspondents said. 'I wonder if this would work for splints and AFO for stroke?'
We should then not need to wait years for a new AFO because insurance will only pay for one every 3-5 years.

Forget the Uncomfortable Plaster Cast, Here Comes the 3D Printed Cast! The Spanish start-up, Exovite, established in October 2014, promises to revolutionize how we experience the healing of a broken bone. The water-proof, lightweight cast can be printed out in minutes using a software approved by traumatologists. It was tried by more than 500 people, including me. It's cheaper and more convenient than the traditional method. Exovite is present in 15 medical facilities and plan to expand into at least 35 more this year, mainly in Europe and Latin-America. I asked Juan Monzón Fabregat, Exovite’s CEO about the details. What does the process of applying the cast look like? Juan: "After diagnosing the patient, the traumatologist applies various stickers around the broken bone to be able to configure the size of the splint. The physician also uses circle stickers for holes of electrodes, which help stimulate the muscles while wearing the cast in order to mitigate muscle loss. Afterwards, the patient is positioned correctly, scanned, the cast printed, applied and that’s it. The scanner needs only one minute to create an image of the damaged limb with less than a millimeter margin of error."