08-21-2012, 10:50 AM
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DREW DAT
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3D printer helps 4-year-old girl who can't use her arms play with toys
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(CBS News) A 4-year-old girl with a rare disease that robbed her from using her arms can now pick up toys and play for the first time with the help of a 3D printer.
When Emma Levelle was born, her legs were up by her ears, her shoulders were internally rotated, her fingers were deviated, and she had rocker-bottom feet. Doctors diagnosed her with a condition called arthrogryposis multiplex congenital, her mom said tearfully in a video uploaded to YouTube.
Arthrogryposis is a genetic condition that causes muscles to be abnormally developed and joints to be stiff, according to the Boston Children's Hospital.
Doctors re-casted Emma's legs. Slowly, she began to develop, but she did not regain ability in her arms. But after observing a presentation on a robotic exoskeleton, or WREX, at a medical conference, Emma's mom enrolled her daughter in treatment with the device's maker, Dr. Tariq Rahman. Rahman is the director of the center for orthopedic research and development at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del.
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3D printer helps 4-year-old girl who can't use her arms play with toys - HealthPop - CBS News
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