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If you've ever broken a bo, you may know how daunting e upkeep of a cast made of plaster or synthetic fibers can be, let alone uncomfortable.

St Luke's University Health Network is looking to allee those issues by combining D technology and medicine.

The old days of the plaster cast are gone for us here t Luke's, simulation director Megan Augustine was essentl in bringing active ahmer 3D casts to the Lehigh Valley.

It's not just the person wearing the cast.

No, it's also the caregive.

Active member is the first commercially available, 3D printed and splints on the marketplace.

They're waterproof, breath, hygienic and they're accusd designed for any body partr any lifestyle or activitied any injury.

e casts are made of a heavy grade plastic material andn be made for any part of the body.

And you get scanned with ts light scanner that takes at 20 seconds, 30 seconds to o and you get placed into a temporary splint or a tempy device to hold things in te right sition.

The company then 3D printst material to fit your body perfectly from those who na fracture healed to those suffering from carpal tunn.

The chief of the Division f Hand Surgery talks about te type of patients this will benefit.

These would be patients wih some simple fractures that don't require a very diffit position to be maintained r some of our post-operative patients that require traditional cast managemen.

One of the benefits for our post-operative patients ist it allows us to watch their incisions and make sure tht they heal appropriately ant have to take CAS on and ofn regular intervals.

And for those kids who are worried about the artwork n our casts, don't worry, Sharpies still work on theD casts for PBS.

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I'm Brittany Sweeney.

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