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Prosthetists Meet Printers: 
Mainstreaming Open Source 3D-Printed Prosthetics for Underserved Populations
Sunday Sept 28, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD. 

DIRECTIONS AND PARKING INFO

Crowd-sourced collaborative innovation is changing the face of modern medicine. e-NABLE, an online volunteer community of humanitarian technologists is leading the way by designing, building, and disseminating inexpensive 3D-printed prosthetics. 

Come join the e-NABLE organization and thought leaders in medicine, industry and public policy for a ground-breaking, industry-defining event at at Johns Hopkins Hospital that will include the delivery of donated prosthetics to children with upper limb disabilities. 

Help us bring 21st-century technologies, practices, and philosophies to prosthetists, parents, and patients. Help us develop enlightened policy recommendations and strategies in advance of FDA regulatory workshops in October.

Please visit enablingthefuture.org to read about the work we are doing, find open source hand design files to print and peruse the heart warming stories of the children, adults and Veterans who have been gifted these 3D printed hands from a global network of e-NABLE volunteers. 

EDUCATIONAL TALK [clear filter]
Sunday, September 28
 

12:30pm EDT

The Brain Recovery Project" - Monika Jones
We will open lunch with a short welcome from Monika Jones of the Brain Recovery Project - a non-proift that hopes to partner with e-NABLE to develop an exoskeleton for patients who have lost function in their arms.

Speakers
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Monika Jones, JD

Executive Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Alliance
Monika Jones is founder and Executive Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Alliance (formerly known as The Brain Recovery Project.) Her first son, Henry, was born with total hemimegalencephaly – a rare unilateral brain malformation which caused him to have hundreds of seizures... Read More →


Sunday September 28, 2014 12:30pm - 12:45pm EDT
Johns Hopkins Medical Baltimore, MD

1:15pm EDT

Students From NuVu Studio - 3D Printed Prosthetic Designs
Students from NuVu Studio and Beaver Country Day School will be sharing about their 3D printed prosthetic devices - such as the "Ratchet Hand" and more! Great group of kids with a whole lot of creativity!

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3027325/these-amazing-prosthetic-hands-were-built-by-high-school-students 

Sunday September 28, 2014 1:15pm - 1:30pm EDT
Johns Hopkins Medical Baltimore, MD

6:00pm EDT

The Power Of Sharing Ideas
From a prosthetic hand carved out of Whale bone in the early 1800's to a global community creating 3D printed prosthetic hands for hundreds around the world - Ivan shares his thoughts on the incredible power of sharing our ideas with the world.

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Ivan Owen

3D Printing Project Manager, University Of Washington Bothell
Mr. Owen is a multi-disciplinary artist, designer and 3D printing enthusiast from Bellingham, Washington. His background in special effects and puppeteering lead to his collaboration with a man from South Africa which resulted in them co-creating a body-powered partial hand prosthesis... Read More →


Sunday September 28, 2014 6:00pm - 6:15pm EDT
Johns Hopkins Medical Baltimore, MD
 
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