3D Printing and Bio-Based Materials in Global Health : An Interventional Approach to the Global Burden of Surgical Disease in Low-and Middle-Income Countries

• Main Authors: Bhatia, Sujata K. (Author), Ramadurai, Krish W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Materials,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Health care management.; Health services administration.; Biomedical engineering.; Public health.; Biomaterials.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319582771
• ISSN: 2192-1091
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58277-1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XV, 115 p. 84 illus., 75 illus. in color.)

This book examines the potential to deploy low-cost, three-dimensional printers known as RepRaps in developing countries to fabricate surgical instruments and medical supplies to combat the "global surgical burden of disease." Approximately two billion people in developing countries around...