3D Printing and Composite Fabrication Technologies in Health Assistive Devices for Disabled Peoples: Social and Legal Fabrics

Year : 2025 | Volume : 13 | Special Issue 06 | Page : 624 629
    By

    Urmila Yadav,

  • Bhupinder Singh,

  • Saurabh Chandra,

  1. Associate Professor, School of Law, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
  2. Professor, School of Law, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
  3. Associate Professor, School of Law, Bennett University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

As 3D printing and fabric technologies have become more common, the way disabled people get health care has changed.  It can even print cheap, personalized devices that can be found all over the world and power themselves in just one day after doctors design them and take them. This has given people in different countries a lot more chances to help without having to leave their own country. This makes it possible to provide prosthetics, orthotics, and motorized mobility in any size that is needed, especially advanced custom-made ones that are the most affordable.  This gives people what they need to get by in life. Since people became civilized and have questioned the morality of both social and legal systems. These kinds of things let people be a part of society and show that they are cheap, well-known, and easy to get. All of these things are important if products that work with sound systems are going to be sold.  At the intersection of technology, quality of life issues for the disabled, and the law, there needs to be a way for technical innovation to help people with disabilities gets more rights.   This article looks at the problems that make it hard to get potential benefits and how these rules work. It shows that 3D printing is a key link between new ideas in medicine and fair growth for everyone.

Keywords: 3D Printing, assistive devices, disability healthcare, social justice, legal frameworks.

[This article belongs to Special Issue under section in Journal of Polymer and Composites (jopc)]

How to cite this article:
Urmila Yadav, Bhupinder Singh, Saurabh Chandra. 3D Printing and Composite Fabrication Technologies in Health Assistive Devices for Disabled Peoples: Social and Legal Fabrics. Journal of Polymer and Composites. 2025; 13(06):624-629.
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Urmila Yadav, Bhupinder Singh, Saurabh Chandra. 3D Printing and Composite Fabrication Technologies in Health Assistive Devices for Disabled Peoples: Social and Legal Fabrics. Journal of Polymer and Composites. 2025; 13(06):624-629. Available from: https://journals.stmjournals.com/jopc/article=2025/view=231732


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Volume 13
Special Issue 06
Received 26/09/2025
Accepted 06/10/2025
Published 11/11/2025
Publication Time 46 Days
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