Paralympic Gold Medalist Creates Custom Prosthetics for Athletes through Protolabs' Digital Manufacturing Service
May 01 2024 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Protolabs (NYSE: PRLB) highlights its critical work with
BioDapt, a company that designs, manufactures, and distributes
high-performance lower limb prosthetic equipment used for action
sports and other activities with similar physical demands. This is
just one of the many ways Protolabs positively impacts the world
through its unique, hybrid digital manufacturing model that
combines its own digital factories with a network of global
manufacturing partners.
BioDapt founder, Mike Schultz, also known as “Monster Mike,” is
a nine-time X Games Gold Medalist and a Gold and Silver Medalist
from the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. Schultz designed and built
the original prosthetic leg and foot that allowed him to compete as
an amputee, and later founded BioDapt to help amputees benefit from
high-performance equipment.
Protolabs has been the go-to custom parts supplier for BioDapt
since its founding in 2010. Reliable, quick-turn manufacturing is
extremely important to BioDapt and the elite athletes that it works
with. Protolabs can manufacture and deliver prototype and
production parts in as fast as one day, which can make all the
difference between a gold medal or not competing at all.
BioDapt, with Protolabs’ help, has created custom prosthetic
equipment for elite adaptive athletes like former collegiate
lacrosse player and current U.S. Track and Field Paralympian,
Noelle Lambert. After an accident, Lambert returned to the lacrosse
field as an amputee and now has set her sights on the 2024
Paralympic Games in Paris.
Protolabs has partnered with BioDapt and Schultz to iterate and
rapidly CNC machine high-performance custom prosthetic equipment
for Lambert in support of her Paralympic pursuit.
“True to our mission, Protolabs empowers companies like BioDapt
to bring new ideas to market through the fastest and most
comprehensive digital manufacturing service in the world,” said Rob
Bodor, President and CEO of Protolabs. “Our advanced manufacturing
solutions enable BioDapt to develop high-quality, extremely
versatile components that allow amputees to participate and succeed
in athletic endeavors. We are incredibly proud that our company can
positively impact the world and we look forward to continuing to
serve innovative organizations like BioDapt. We’re excited to
continue working with amazing athletes like Monster Mike Schultz
and Noelle Lambert and will be cheering Noelle on in Paris this
summer.”
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low-volume parts in days while Protolabs Network unlocks advanced
capabilities and volume pricing through its highly vetted
manufacturing partners. The result? One manufacturing source—from
prototyping to production—for product developers, engineers, and
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