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Posted: 19th December 2013

3D printing produces new shoes for Holly
Image courtesy of CSIRO
Christmas arrived early for 10-year-old mare, Holly, when she was given 3D titanium shoes, custom designed to fit her hooves.
 
Holly suffers from the chronic hoof disease, Laminitis, and the shoes aim to support the hoof and encourage it to heal, while making Holly more comfortable.
 
A team of 3D printing experts from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) worked with horse podiatrists to scan Holly’s hoof and design the ‘horse-thotic’, which is thought to be the key to stomping out foot disease and lameness in horses.
 
Dr Luke Wells-Smith from the Equine Podiatry and Lameness Centre, said “Many attempts have been made in the past to cure laminitis but it’s the 3D scanning and design part of this process that is so exciting to us.”
 



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