Nicaraguan engineer develops revolutionary prosthesis for a child with 3D printer?
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In Nicaragua, a parent concerned about the normal development of his son, who was born without a right hand, asked the engineer Enrique Aguilar developing a prosthesis, which led to a team of technicians to use 3D printing to meet the demand.
It all began when the father of the child affected, Oscar Jarquín, knew that in Argentina prosthesis is manufactured as her son needed. So he contacted a person in Buenos Aires to find out about the possibility of getting one.
From Argentina he was told that an engineer in Nicaragua, Enrique Aguilar, working experimentally with 3D printing technology existed. Immediately, both Nicaraguans were contacted.
Aguilar explains, "we meet, I threw pictures, I took the measures and the prosthesis is adjusting the size of the child, the details to be printed they are ready". For this service Costa Rican 3D printing will be used and a mechanical engineer will be responsible for assembling the parts. For more adaptability and comfort the child, two prostheses, stronger, for sporting activities, and a thinner, paint or have a cup print.
Because this new technology diffuser in Nicaragua, Enrique Aguilar was awarded by the Nicaraguan Council of Science and Technology with the National Innovation Award. This is the first Nicaraguan entrepreneur dabble with this revolutionary type of printing.
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