‘World first’ creating bespoke breast prostheses for women post-mastectomy

This project creating bespoke breast prostheses for women post-mastectomy, using state of the art digital manufacturing aims to roll out this year and to be available nationally in all symptomatic breast clinics.

Research Team Dr Lorraine Walsh, Consultant Radiation Oncologist, Mater Private Network Limerick, and collaborator on the project; Siobhan Meaney, Clinical Lead at the Rapid Innovation Unit, in the University of Limerick, and one of the supervisors of the Breast Prosthesis Project; and Emma Jude Lyons, PhD Researcher, at the Rapid Innovation Unit in University of Limerick discuss a first of its kind service globally, using 3D scanning and printing to improve the quality of life for survivors of breast cancer.

A groundbreaking collaboration between the Rapid Innovation Unit, the Symptomatic Breast Care Unit at University Hospital Limerick, and the Mater Private Networks, Mid-Western Radiation Oncology Centre.

Listen to how the team created bespoke breast prostheses for women post-mastectomy