Health & Medicine
3-D Printed Insoles Developed for Diabetes Patients
The list of advances in the field of 3-D printing keeps getting longer. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institutes for Mechanics of Materials IWM and for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT are collaborating with industry partners in the process of producing digitalized insoles for people with diabetes by using new software and the use of 3-D printers. People diagnosed with diabetes may suffer from the nerves in their foot becoming atrophied. Specially made insoles promise relief because they are customized to be very soft in the area of the injury.
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