Ozzie usually only goes for a quick swim as he could only swim in circles with one leg! Today he couldn’t get out of the pool, we are happy to see that he is learning to swim straight with his 3D Printed leg. Video with ompliments from his parents, the Burger’s, thanks for sharing 🙂
We are busy with a big upgrade to the existing design and will be manufacturing and fitting it within the coming week so keep an eye out!
Ozzie had quite a week spending every day getting used to his new leg and practicing walking. We adapted the foot on the one prosthetic to make it larger to match his other foot and did some tests to evaluate what design changes would need to be implemented to improve the current designs.We learnt much from the test samples he used this week and now have a much better understanding of what needs to be done. Â Our ext step is to apply the design changes and 3D print them for our next phase of tests, if they are successful we can start planning the final high end print. We have a few ideas regarding covering the print in a rubber like material that could assist with more flex and grip ad our prediction is that the final design will be a more skeleton-like 3D print with cast rubber encapsulating the print. This will most likely feature in our next attempt.
Sue send us some footage of Ozzie standing properly for the first time and also taking his first steps 🙂
For those who missed the  show this morning on Ozzie’s 3D Printed leg, here is the audio clip 🙂
Ozzie’s New Leg
A few weeks ago we got word of a Goose with a situation. He broke his leg and it had to amputated at the joint. He was lucky as Animal lover and rescuer Sue Burger got hold of him and started nursing him back to health, as time went by he struggled more and more to cope with only one leg resulting in damaged wings and self confidence. They considered ending his struggle many times but always decided not too, out of desperation Sue managed to get onto a national radio station (RSG) in the hope someone would hear their plea and be able to assist them somehow.
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