AMTRON conducts live demonstration on 3D prosthetics in Shillong

SHILLONG: A live demo session on 3D printing for prosthetics was held at the video conference hall of the North Eastern Council (NEC) here by a team from the Assam Electronics Development Corporation (AMTRON) in the presence of dignitaries from various organizations and the secretary of NEC, K Moses Chalai and other senior officials of NEC Wednesday.

The programme was held jointly by NEC, Composite Resource Centre (CRC), Shillong and AMTRON, stated a press release.

The event was attended by Prof Prashant Jindal, Design Innovation Centre, University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Chandigarh and Sanjay Kumar Singh, General Manager, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited.

AMTRON gave a brief presentation on the aims and objectives of the programmes and initiatives taken by the Government of India for the welfare of Divyang.

While welcoming the audience Chalai said, "With the digital designing of prosthetics we can design the parts which otherwise is very time consuming to design and with 3D printing, it would be precise. 3D printing is a part of 4.0 industry and the North-East should also catch up with the 4.0 industry though there are limitations with normal industrialization in NER."

AMTRON has proposed to set up a 3D Printing Centre of Excellence in the Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) in collaboration with other Government agencies to be set up in Tech City, Guwahati.

The Centre has come up with a vision under Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) and easing of living which entails using mobile scanner for scanning amputation cases for preparation of moulds by reducing waiting period in field camps, as well as OPD visits to institutions for getting basic negative mould made of customized prosthetics and development of mobile app for stakeholder consultation.

It may be mentioned that this 3D printing technology would help everyone, particularly the poorer section, as there is a shortage of trained prosthetics. This technique would be cost-effective and being custom designed, this product is suited to individual needs as 3D printing prosthetics can be made quickly and it also helps in reducing expensive imports.

The technology has been developed especially for the welfare of the persons with disabilities, or Divyang, in association with various national institutions under the Department of Persons with Disabilities (PwD).

A live demo of the digital screening for designing customized prosthetics would revolutionise the way people look at prosthetics. This would also help all the persons with disability to live a life of dignity.

The clients on whom the demo was carried out were present at the event. The clients/beneficiaries were Ksanname Lyngdoh Mawphlang (11), Synroplanki Nanglein (15), Surely Mukhim (35) and Pynbait Talang (30). The prosthetic parts will be printed through 3D printers and delivered to the patients in the next 10 days.

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