3D printing implants?
Given that we have 3D printed titanium implants, I was wondering if anyone has made an attempt to get a custom titanium implant 3D printed or are we still some way off before that is not prohibitively expensive? Following on the "transdermal armour" thread I have this idea of getting titanium implants to the back of the hand/fingers to strengthen my punches as self defense, and I feel like our current bone plate/pins are rather not quite the right shape for that purpose.
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The reason you can punch something and not break every bone (every time) is because everything flexes. If you put titanium there, and then punch, the bone will flex and the metal will not. I picture the metal leaving your hand quite traumatically.