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What does it take to
transform ideas into
realities? Determination,
tools and space to tinker.
At workshops across the
Texas Medical Center,
engineers, machinists,
researchers and students
strive to find innovative
solutions to the biggest
problems facing
health care.
Left: An orthotist/prosthetist at Shriners
Hospitals for Children - Houston, a pediatric
orthopedic hospital that is also a research
and teaching center, smooths a mold of a
patient's limb before creating a brace.
