Derby was born with deformations in both of his front
legs, making movement and any kind of speed difficult, if not
impossible. Now, he can run. The husky mix was fitted out with two
prosthetics, custom-made on 3D sculpting software to fit the pup's
forearms.
With some help from 3D Systems and several iterations later, and the curved prosthetics you see above became the final build. "The
great thing about using 3D technology in Derby's case, is having these
images on file on a computer, and being able to print them.
It is a
lot quicker than having to hand sculpt every single mold and rebuild
these braces five to ten times," explained Kevin Atkins,
3D Systems' Freeform Product Manager. The team settled on these curved
designs because there was the fear that more pointed iterations (like
running blades seen on humans) would get caught in softer ground.
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