3D Printers Could Save Your Life!

In an earlier post I mentioned that 3D printers are coming down in price and could pay for themselves within 1 year of purchase.

The focus of this post is that 3D printers could very well save your life, that of someone you love, or scores of lives after disasters strike.

Check out this article about the future of 3D printers in disaster relief:

Most 3D printers are slow and have material limits in what they can create. They're not exactly the first thing you'd think to ship to a disaster-stricken area the next time there's a deadly hurricane, tsunami, or landslide. For now, at least.

But advocates for the technology say that it's only a matter of time before we're shipping raw materials and 3D printers instead of medical supplies to the site of a disaster. 3D printers are already being used in the medical field to create customized tracheal valves, umbilical cord clamps, splints, and even blood vessels. A group in Haiti is already using the umbilical cord clamps to show locals the potential for the technology. And it's only a matter of time before they get deployed in a disaster scenario, according to Thomas Campbell, a Virginia Tech professor and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.

Read how a 3D printed medical device saved a life for the first time:

April and Bryan Gionfriddo's 6-month-old son, Kaiba, wasn't breathing, and the prognosis wasn't good.

A small piece of plastic turned out to be the key to saving his life.

Here's an article about custom-made umbilical cord clamps created with 3D printers:

At first glance, Haiti might seem an odd destination for a 3D printer.

3D printers are cutting edge. They’re in the news. They’re printing amazing things, from custom prosthetics, to fully functional engines, to buildings. They print forms that would be impossible to manufacturable otherwise. And they’re a fairly accessible toy for the DIYer to use at home.

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