Fraunhofer Technology Revolutionises 3D Printing of Prosthetic Eyes
Prosthetic eye replacements will be manufactured by 3D printers in the future. Fraunhofer IGD has developed a number of technologies that supersedes the current and entirely manual production of individual prostheses. Fraunhofer's Cuttlefish:Eye software utilises a 3D scan of the eye socket and a colour-calibrated photo of the healthy eye to create the prosthetic eye's 3D model. Fraunhofer's Cuttlefish® 3D printing driver is used to print the model on a multicolor, multimaterial 3D printer. Not only is a 3D-printed prosthetic eye produced in a fraction of the time taken by the conventional process, but the resulting ...
