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Hardly bigger than a ViewMaster, the portable ZScanner 700 is the first mobile device able to digitize the body in real time, creating crisp, three-dimensional scans in seconds. Wave the low-power laser unit over a patient’s body part like a wand, and the device analyzes reflected light to assemble a 3-D profile. Doctors can upload the data into a 3-D CAD program to custom-design orthopedic braces and bone implants or to print out a 3-D model. $39,900; zcorp.com


















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