Analysis

May 22, 2019

Europe's skeleton tech startups are 3D printing real bones

Tech can rebuild you.


Kitty Knowles

5 min read

Casper Slots cofounder of 3D printed bone startup Particle3D.

Imagine a world where a man gets into a violent car crash and his leg is shattered. But instead of having to amputate, the doctors can just fire up the 3D printer and make a new, identical bone on the spot.

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