WEBCLIP: The MSF Foundation using 3D technology for prosthetics - 01 (INT)

Safa Herfat, biological engineer working for The MSF Foundation, explains the use and benfits of 3D technology. 3D scanning, 3D Design and 3D printing i being used to deliver prostheses to patients on our Reconstrucve Surgery Programme in Amman, Jordan.

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WEBCLIP: The MSF Foundation uses 3D technology for prosthetics - 01 (ENG)

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WEBCLIP: Using 3D technology for prostheses

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF219486

Date taken / Date Recorded 13/06/2017 12:00 AM

Country Jordan

Commissioning section MSF-FRANCE

Photographer / videographer / producer Mohammad Ghannam

Usage Rights (MSF) MSF Publications, Social Media

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Duration 3m36s

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// Project – 3D Prosthics – 01

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Safa Herfat – Biomedical engineer, MSF
RSP – Reconstructive surgery programme
AMMAN

Safa Herfat (in English)
My name is Safa Herfat, I'm with MSF RSP project here with the reconstructive surgery hospital here in Amman, Jordan. We're exploring how we can use 3D technology such as 3D scanning, 3D design and 3D printing to deliver prostheses.

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3D Scanning – 3D Design – 3D Printing
What’s the objective ?

The goal would be to increase access to prosthetics. The focus is mainly on upper
limb prosthetics. We are exploring different solutions that we can provide the patient from cosmetic solutions such as this to different terminal devices that can be removed and designed specifically for the patient.

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Meeting the patient - Step 01

For each patient, we sit down with my colleague Pierre Moreau and interview them to determine their current condition and the specific activities that they would like to restore in their lives such as driving a car, or working in the field or working in the home.

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Scanning - Step 02

We are looking to design devices or terminal devices or tools that can be delivered to patients in hostile environments or areas where there's limited or no access to prosthetic care.

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Designing - Step 03 - Printing - Step 04

There are certain advantages to using 3D printing, so the logistics can be easier. Rather than stocking up on inventory of different devices, we're able to design on site if needed, or remotely, and then have a printer on site with some of the filament, the plastic filament material, available and from there we can pretty much prototype, or in this case manufacture, a custom device for each patient, on site.

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Trial fitting – Step 05

We are going to match the colour to try to see which colour is matching the most.
Perfect.
One of our goals is to keep things simple. So rather than exploring electronic solutions or very complicated solutions we want to keep things as simple as possible but also durable. This is a cost-effective solution, this hand right here can cost you 20 dollars, rather than the hundreds of dollars a normal upper limb prosthesis would cost. But it also has the advantage of being lighter that can be a huge factor in the adoption rate of upper limb prostheses. If it's really heavy and cumbersome to wear, then the patient will likely not adapt it in the long term and set it aside. As an engineer, this is an incredible resource because I can prototype something and send it to the printer on the same day, rather than me designing, sending out to a fabrication facility, waiting for that lead time to come back. So we can work much more efficiently.