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fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 weeks ago

castomize rethinks the orthopedic cast as a breathable '4D-printed' lattice shell

Castomize is developing a new generation of orthopedic casts in Singapore, using '4D-printing' to make limb immobilization lighter, cleaner, and easier to adjust. The company's cast system moves away from the dense, wrapped structure of fiberglass, and toward a pre-made mesh shell that softens with heat, molds directly to the patient's limb, and hardens again as it cools.
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