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	Podcast:		Marketplace Tech
	Episode:		3D printing was supposed to disrupt prosthetic costs. It hasn’t.
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:10:32
	Publish Date:		2025-12-09 11:00:00
	Description:		Prosthetic limbs can be expensive, costing thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars. So the industry seemed ripe for disruption when 3D printing came along. The technology requires little labor and uses economical materials. But the reality of 3D printing prosthetic limbs isn’t that straightforward, according to writer and University of California, Berkeley, lecturer Britt Young, who uses a prosthetic arm. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Young about why 3D printing has yet to bring down prosthesis costs.
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