A Custom 3D-Printed Cast That Looks Like an Exoskeleton

Technology: Recyclable 3D Printed Breathable Cast… The Cool Way To Have a Broken Arm

July 3, 2013

If you have ever worn a cast (or known someone who has), then you probably know that current medical technology should have found an alternative to plaster casts long before now. Though quick to set, reasonably durable and effective at immobilizing set bones, they are somewhat sloppy to make… make bathing a challenge… and scratching an itch impossible. And once you remove that cast… that smell… it’s like hot damnation and rotten eggs!

Enter the the Cortex 3D-Printed Cast. Did you really read the title? How futuristic cool is a cast that could do all that?

3D-printed casts for fractured bones could replace the usual bulky, itchy and smelly plaster or fiberglass ones in this conceptual project by Victoria University of Wellington graduate Jake Evill.

The prototype Cortex cast is lightweight, ventilated, washable and thin enough to fit under a shirt sleeve.

– De zeen

Credit to Good.Is for this scoop! Though still at the concept stage for now, this promises to be good tech.

READ: A CUSTOM 3D-PRINTED CAST THAT LOOKS LIKE AN EXOSKELETON (GOOD.IS)