E-United Kingdom bazi kahle kakhulu ngezinzuzo ezinkulu ezinikezwa yi-3D emkhakheni wezokwelapha, yingakho izwe, ngeNational Institute for Health Research, lisanda kuvula isikhungo esisha sokucwaninga nentuthuko edolobheni laseBristol, ebhabhadisiwe njengeBristol Biomedical Research Center, lapho kutshalwe khona cishe ama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-25.
Umqondo wokwenziwa kwalesi sikhungo esisha awusuye omunye ngaphandle kokuthi amaqembu amaningana afanelekayo aqala ukuthuthukisa nokuhlola ubuchwepheshe obusha, obusha bokuhlinza. Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi kungenjalo, phakathi kobuchwepheshe obungahlolwa, ukuphrinta kwe-3D kokukhiqizwa kwamamodeli wokuhlinza abekiselwe ngokuphelele.
I-UK imisa isikhungo sayo sokucwaninga nentuthuko eBristol ukuvuselela izindlela zayo zokuhlinza ukubenza baphephe
Ngokuya ngezitatimende ezenziwa ngabakhulumeli abehlukene ngesikhathi kuvulwa igalaji lesikhungo, kubonakala sengathi e-United Kingdom ngonyaka we-2017 kwenziwa imisebenzi engaphansi kwezigidi ezinhlanu kuphela, ngenxa yalesi samba esiphezulu kudingekile ukuthi kwenziwe utshalomali ukuqinisekisa ukuthi anciphisa noma yiluphi uhlobo lwephutha elingenziwa ngesikhathi sokuhlinzwa, into engaba yingozi kakhulu ngoba iphutha kulolu hlobo lomsebenzi livame ukubulala.
Ngenxa yalokhu futhi banikezwe intshisekelo bonke ochwepheshe bezokwelapha abayibeke ekuvivinyeni izindlela zabo kumamodeli adalwe ukuphrinta kwe-3D ngaphambili, akumangazi ukuthi isikhungo esinjengalesi sidaliwe, lapho bengeke nje bafune ukudala amasu amasha, kepha futhi kuvuselele ezikhona ukubenza baphephe kakhulu, into ethakazelisa kakhulu, ikakhulukazi uma sibheka ukuthi ngaphezu kuka-5% wabo bonke abantu abashona ezibhedlela njengamanje kubangelwa izimo ezingavinjelwa futhi ezilindelwe.