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Students create 3D printed device to help man play golf

Shared by Ana Duarte on 2018-06-20 10:32

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Rufus got to know these students thanks to the prosthetics team at James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, who reached out to USF to find out if they would be able to come up with a grip so that the veteran would be able to swing a club.

Using 3D printing technology and after a lot of trial and error, and after taking measures regarding Rufus’ weight and movement (while not putting undue stress on other parts of his body), the team invented a prosthetic grip has to bind the hand and club in just the right way.

After months of testing, the veteran is now able to be playing golf again like he used to.

“It’s been very gratifying because it feels like we’re making a real impact on someone’s life. “We’re giving him a tool to be able to do something he otherwise couldn’t, so it’s very fulfilling”, Sara explained.

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Sara Redlick, Ray Pilczuk and Adam White, from USA, are biomedical engineering students from the University of South Florida (USF), USA, developed, in 2018, a 3D printed custom-made attachment to help Rufus Myers, a Marine Corps veteran, who lost his fingers and legs to a bacterial infection, play golf.

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