Spanish company to trial 3D-printed casts

A SPANISH company will trial its 3D-printed cast in September after winning the prestigious Red Dot Design Award in July.

Xkelet, based in Girona, has developed a waterproof cast with an open-lattice design tailored for each individual patient that could make the old heavyweight plaster cast redundant.

It is created with a design software programme after a scanner collects the broken limb’s specifications.

The lightweight casts are plastic and have round openings to allow for more breathability.

They also make it easier for doctors to access the broken limb, and make daily tasks more manageable.

The first cast is expected to hit hospitals within the next six months.

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Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
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He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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Funki says:

1 Sep, 2016 @ 15:00 at 15:00

Having had to wear a full leg cast for nearly 3 months, I applaud this development!

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