#3DStartup: ONEBra Supports Women After Mastectomies With 3D Printed Custom Cups

Among the many benefits that additive manufacturing can bring is the ability to make customized products. In the medical sector, being able to have this advantage means being able to provide patients with personalized medical care and devices and bring a positive and concrete contribution to their lives. Indeed, the use of additive manufacturing makes it possible to obtain medical devices that are fit exactly to the person’s body. This is the case for the 3D startup chosen for July, ONEBra, a young Italian company that has decided to use 3D technologies to make life easier for women who have undergone mastectomies after breast cancer. How? By producing customized 3D printed bra cups! Sofia Santi, Founder and Materials Engineer, told us more.

I am Sofia Santi, Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, CEO of ONEBra, with 8 years of experience in biomaterials and additive manufacturing. ONEBra makes custom cups through 3D technology for women with breast asymmetry following breast cancer removal. In addition, we also offer a community service to support women and those close to them with all-around help.

3DN: How did ONEBra come about and what is its purpose?

Starting from a direct experience, which involved my mother undergoing mastectomy surgery, we wanted to pursue a project that would give voice to all those women who, due to natural causes or as a result of operations, have breast asymmetry. We address those women who perceive their asymmetry as a burden to live with by giving them the opportunity to feel free to express themselves again. During the development of the ONEBra project we became aware of many social and service gaps, which strengthened even more our motivation and determination to evolve the project into a startup.