3-D printing program creates customized products to assist Veterans in their rehabilitation

U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs News | June 14, 2017

VA’s Veterans Health Administration continues to develop and improve its assistive technology program to help Veterans who require physical medicine and rehabilitation services.

Each patient’s health care needs are unique and sometimes off-the-shelf devices are not a true fit for them. In such cases, clinical rehabilitation engineers like Brian Burkhardt step up to lend an innovative hand.

“If things don’t exist to help a patient meet their goals, then we make them,” Burkhardt said. “I think that’s the fun part creating things that don’t exist.”

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