British man gets his first eye using a 3D printer

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Steve Varz became the first person in the world to get an artificial eye produced using a 3D printer.

Fares performed the surgery at Moorfield Hospital, east of the British capital, London, on Thursday, according to the British Broadcasting Corporation "BBC".

The new eye is expected to become the beginning of a technology that provides better eyes, and is more effective than the usual artificial eyes.

The new technology is expected to reduce the waiting time in British hospitals for patients who need to have artificial eyes fitted in half, bringing the waiting period to about three weeks only, instead of a month and a half.

"I've needed a prosthetic eye since I was 20, and I've always worried about it," said Farz, who is in his forties.

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