Workshop
3D printing in nursing: make your own assistive devices
Many small everyday helpers – cup holders, gripping aids, adapters – either cannot be bought at all or only at absurd prices. With a 3D printer, nurses and family carers make them themselves: an exact fit, cheap, and ready straight away.
How to get started
Three routes to your own assistive device
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Use existing templates
Thousands of tested templates for nursing assistive devices are freely available online – download, adapt, print.
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Buy your own printer
Usable machines start at around €200. We advise on which model is worth buying to get started and how to run it safely in a provider organisation.
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Build partnerships
No printer of your own needed: schools, makerspaces and universities are glad to print for you – we help set up partnerships like these.
Would you like a workshop or advice?
We bring 3D printing into your organisation – from a taster workshop through to a small print workshop of your own.
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