Recent improvements in technology has brought about a change in society and how some problems that seemed out of reach, may not be impossible anymore. One such improvement would be through the introduction of the 3D printer. Through the advancement of 3D printing technology, the medical world has changed significantly, especially with respect to medical procedures and therapy.
Throughout the centuries, medicinal studies have steadily advanced from bleeding out from a torn off limb or gaping hole in a chest, to amputating the limb and typing it up so the patient doesn’t bleed out. Though the one thing that hasn’t changed throughout the years is the brutality and primitive ways a wound is treated as. In recent developments, someone has found …show more content…
These products all have one thing in common, which would be that they brought a change in society, a more recent addition to products such as these would be the now known 3D printing; if though it’s not well known like a gun or toilet, it still has accomplished just as much, if not more, only in it’s own way. What 3D printing is, placing material together layer after layer, through the use of a CADD file which holds all the information on the item that is being printed. The material used for this is not limited to one thing but allow many options such as metals, plastic, or even living cells. A CADD file is made through a program on a computer or laptop, by using programs such as autocad inventor. The file is then transferred to a 3D printer by the use of a USB key, with the material selected and the chosen file uploaded. The 3D printer was originally intended for non-living organisms such as a gear or pin, but later found a way around non-living organisms by replacing the materials with living cells and taking scans custom made for the …show more content…
Eventually, as it was introduced to more people, uses became more apparent to the 3D printer; uses such as enhancing life, replacing broken or unusable objects, or eventually replacing body parts and other organs. 3D printing has empowered people to be able to print out needed transplants such as lungs within a day without the need for a donor anymore, or print out prosthetics and braces that would cost pennies in comparison to an actual brace, not to mention it doesn’t take up much material to use. Although printing takes hours to usually be completed, it’s well worth it compared to transplanting someone else’s organs that could have the chance of
Throughout the centuries, medicinal studies have steadily advanced from bleeding out from a torn off limb or gaping hole in a chest, to amputating the limb and typing it up so the patient doesn’t bleed out. Though the one thing that hasn’t changed throughout the years is the brutality and primitive ways a wound is treated as. In recent developments, someone has found …show more content…
These products all have one thing in common, which would be that they brought a change in society, a more recent addition to products such as these would be the now known 3D printing; if though it’s not well known like a gun or toilet, it still has accomplished just as much, if not more, only in it’s own way. What 3D printing is, placing material together layer after layer, through the use of a CADD file which holds all the information on the item that is being printed. The material used for this is not limited to one thing but allow many options such as metals, plastic, or even living cells. A CADD file is made through a program on a computer or laptop, by using programs such as autocad inventor. The file is then transferred to a 3D printer by the use of a USB key, with the material selected and the chosen file uploaded. The 3D printer was originally intended for non-living organisms such as a gear or pin, but later found a way around non-living organisms by replacing the materials with living cells and taking scans custom made for the …show more content…
Eventually, as it was introduced to more people, uses became more apparent to the 3D printer; uses such as enhancing life, replacing broken or unusable objects, or eventually replacing body parts and other organs. 3D printing has empowered people to be able to print out needed transplants such as lungs within a day without the need for a donor anymore, or print out prosthetics and braces that would cost pennies in comparison to an actual brace, not to mention it doesn’t take up much material to use. Although printing takes hours to usually be completed, it’s well worth it compared to transplanting someone else’s organs that could have the chance of