• Question: Is it just shoulders or could you make knees if needed?

    Asked by hawk022can to Eimear on 2 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Eimear O'Hara

      Eimear O'Hara answered on 2 Mar 2020:


      Absolutely! 3D printed hips and knees are actually already manufactured by some of the big companies, like Stryker in Cork, and have been implanted in lots of people. I’m hoping that the new type of design I’m working on can be applied to all kinds of orthopaedic implants – even elbows!

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