Technology allows parents to print baby ultrasound in … – Estado de Minas

Carlisle and Jorge Vieira, like other couples waiting for the first child, anxiously prepared to receive the small Natalia, with the difference that they could not see his daughter in the ultrasound – the two have visual impairment. So the couple dreamed of the child based solely on the medical report. But during the sixth month of pregnancy, they won a surprise. Printed by ultrasound examination 3D could finally meet his daughter’s face.

“It was very important because I was aware of how was the face of Natalie before she was born and I could see how she was like me and his father. Since I can not see how the other mothers, it supplied me the lack of vision, “reported the mother, Carlisle, who believes that the service shows that social inclusion is coming to medicine.

” The doctor does not change anything he usually already do. The difference is that he must save the exam with a specific protocol to work with our technology, “explains Fernando Flores, founder of 3D Ports startup. The company, which is headquartered in Porto Alegre, seeking social inclusion for parents with visually impaired during pregnancy. Be4Birth is the service name that converts obstetric ultrasound examinations in printed objects.

For now, the company providing the service in two obstetric clinics in Porto Alegre, but the idea is to expand the offer to other establishments of any kind. “We managed to meet all the country here,” Flores plans.

The company’s service is not limited to the public with visual impairment and anyone can purchase decorative items with 3D ultrasound.