3D-printed prosthetic eye: British man receives world's first

CGTN 

A patient has become the first in the world to have an ocular prosthesis made by a 3D printer implanted, according to the London hospital that performed the operation. 

The use of 3D printing should make it possible to halve the manufacturing times of prosthetic eyes, currently around six weeks, while making more realistic implants, the Moorfields Biomedical Research Center in east London said in a statement. 

“I’ve needed a prosthesis since I was 20, and I’ve always felt self-conscious about it,” said patient Steve Verze, a 40-year-old London engineer…