{"id":531,"date":"2015-10-10T20:28:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T00:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/?p=531"},"modified":"2024-02-13T08:26:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T13:26:20","slug":"3d-printer-helps-veterans-adapt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/3d-printer-helps-veterans-adapt\/","title":{"rendered":"3D printer helps Veterans adapt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When U.S. Navy Veteran Quan Taylor found out about the 3D printer at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, Florida, he immediately knew what to ask for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA bullet came out of my back but I couldn\u2019t keep it, so I asked Jamie if he could print me a bullet so I could remember what I went through,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he\u2019s hoping to design an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogs.va.gov\/VAntage\/22208\/innovation-creation-series\/\">adaptive game controller <\/a>so he can play video games with one of his friends, a\u00a0fellow VA patient who has limited use of his hands.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Kaplan, a VA recreational therapist says that the ability to create with the 3D printer has changed the way his Veteran patients think. Now, they are no longer limited to available adaptive devices but rather what they can imagine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"frame thick\">Injured Warriors Fund Florida and the TAMCO Foundation donated the 3D printer and\u00a0Kaplan has taught himself how to use the device using open source software.<\/div>\n<p>While 3D printers are not common in VA hospitals yet, that could change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery VA in the country is a teaching hospital, a lot of people don\u2019t realize that many medical advancements started in the VA system,\u201d\u00a0Kaplan said.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, the printed products are small, but\u00a0provide hope\u00a0to provide Veterans of what is possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can do anything. Don\u2019t let your wheelchair or situation limit you in the things that you do,\u201d Quan said.<\/p>\n<p>Click <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogs.va.gov\/VAntage\/23118\/3d-printer-helps-veterans-adapt\/\">here<\/a><\/strong> for more details.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/10\/3d2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-533\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/10\/3d2-300x133.jpg\" alt=\"3d2\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/10\/3d2-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/10\/3d2-1024x454.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/10\/3d2-604x270.jpg 604w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/10\/3d2.jpg 1262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Tampa VAMC leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/10\/3d3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-534\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/10\/3d3-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"3d3\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/10\/3d3-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/10\/3d3.jpg 687w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jamie and Quan in front of the 3d Printer at Tampa VAMC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/10\/3d3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-532\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/10\/3d1-1014x768-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"3d1-1014x768\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/10\/3d1-1014x768-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/10\/3d1-1014x768.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two products printed at the Tampa VAMC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When U.S. Navy Veteran Quan Taylor found out about the 3D printer at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, Florida, he immediately knew what to ask for. \u201cA bullet came out of my back but I couldn\u2019t keep it, so I asked Jamie if he could print me a bullet so I could &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/3d-printer-helps-veterans-adapt\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">3D printer helps Veterans adapt<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>3D printer helps Veterans adapt - Veterans Services<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/3d-printer-helps-veterans-adapt\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"3D printer helps Veterans adapt - Veterans Services\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When U.S. Navy Veteran Quan Taylor found out about the 3D printer at the James A. 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