Fixation of a Fracture to a Mountain Goat
About the exhibit
The product is a splint for an open fracture for an Ibex that was injured in the nature reserve in Ein Gedi.
A collaboration between a group of veterinarians and experts from the company Synergy3dmed, which specializes in 3D printing in the field of biomedicine, made it possible to scan a goat's leg in the clinic with a 3D scanner.
Based on the scan, a rigid structure was designed on a computer, precisely tailored to the foot. The design was transferred to a 3D printer that produced it from a hard plastic material.
This method is also used today in human medicine, mainly in the creation and adjustment of bone and tooth implants.
