#jake evill

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Designer Jake Evill created this 3-D printed cast that uses ultrasound to heal bones 40% faster.

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Healing injuries with ultrasound pulses and super designed 3D printed casts is hopefully in the near future thanks to designer Jake Evill and Deniz Karasahin. So far I have been lucky not to have had fracture but if this is in place I will not mind, too much anyways. 

Turn to IFL Science to read more about 3D Printed Cast Speeds Bone Recovery Using Ultrasound.

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3D Printing to Change How We Fix Broken Bones

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3D Printing to Change How We Fix Broken Bones

Many of us have gone through the nightmare of breaking a bone. After we get through the initial pain of the broken bone, we still have to suffer through weeks of wearing a sweaty and smelly cast made of plaster. Well Jake Evill aims to change that, saying that in the future we could treat our...

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Fracture support into the 21st century

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Mandible - by Jake Evill

"Anatomy project, the aim was to recreate the jaw accurately while representing it from an objective point of view."

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One of the worst aspects of fracturing a bone, other than the excruciating pain and subsequent hospital bill, is the itchy, smelly, plaster cast. Sure, all your friends get to write hilarious things on it, but you end up being the kid in the shallow end of the pool with their arm stuck inside a giant trash bag. Definitely not cool. What if a cast could be functional as well as aesthetically pleasing? Jake Evill, a graduate from the Architecture and Design school at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, has been exploring such a concept and he calls it Cortex. (Colossal)

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Jake Evill's Cortex: Exoskeleton Protecting the Internal Skeleton

Cortex is a project that aims to replace casts, and get rid of all the sweaty, uncomfortable experiences that go along with them. As Jake Evill describes the issues behind this work,

"After many centuries of splints and cumbersome plaster casts that have been the itchy and smelly bane of millions of children, adults and the aged alike, the world over, we at last bring fracture support into the 21st century. The Cortex Exoskeletal Cast provides a highly technical and trauma zone localized support system that is fully ventilated, super light, shower friendly, hygienic, recyclable and extremely cool!"

It's so great when design solves the problems of everyday life. In his analysis of the cast and its impact, Evill goes through all the pros and cons of casts (both plaster and fiberglass). Basically, casts suck. They're heavy, uncomfortable, get in the way of having showers, bad for the environment, and they sometimes even smell. Ew! On the plus side, plaster is low cost, low tech, and easily moldable. Fiberglass is light and strong. But it's not one or the other, cheap or great, Evill has come up with a way to capture everything needed in a cast. This type of innovative thinking, of capturing it all, is getting me more and more excited about the possibilities of 3D printers. To check out Evill's portfolio, click here. 

- Lee Jones

P.S. Drop us a line - what do you think 3D printers should do next?

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http://boingboing.net/2013/06/30/3d-printed-casts-for-a-better.html

Jake Evill is hoping that someday 3D printed casts will replace the bulky, stinky plaster casts we are all familiar with. De Zeen shares the story...

A patient would have the bones x-rayed and the outside of the limb 3D-scanned. Computer software would then determine the optimum bespoke shape, with denser support focussed around the fracture itself.