Working hand-in-hand with practitioners, we designed a 3D solution


that massively improves clinical efficiency. Residual limb impressions used to be done with plaster wrap and take


30 minutes or more. Now we can 3D scan in 30 seconds or less. Modifying the impression to make it comfortable used to be done with a hand file and take 30 minutes or more. Now it can be done digi- tally, from any computer in the world on the web, in 10 minutes or less with no mess and no cost. Of course, any system is crippled without an output, and digital manu-


facturing, specifically 3D printing, provides a labor-less and inexpensive way to bring these creations to life. Digital design and manufacturing, though, is in its infancy, and there is a huge blue ocean of opportunity. Right now, we are using CAD (com- puter-aided-design) mainly as a documentation tool, but the computer isn’t aiding very much. That will change. Right now, we use 3D printing to mimic the shapes that have been created with conventional fabrication for 100 years. That will definitely change. Fundamentally, web software allows us to do one thing really well: Listen


to our customers and improve the product for them overnight. Einstein is reported as saying: “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn’t ... pays it.” Two percent improvement every day may feel small, but 1320× better every year is obvi- ous. That’s the secret of the power of software to change the world.


Photo courtesy Standard Cyborg


Mr. Huber was born with fibular hemimelia in his left leg and has been wearing a prosthetic leg his whole life.


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