Jacqui O’Connor first began brainstorming ideas for Galway-based start-up MedScan3D when she was on maternity leave in 2018. At the time, she was working as a technical sales rep for an orthopaedic implants company and having done the job for five years, she felt it was time for a complete change.

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O’Connor is a chemistry graduate with a master’s degree in biomedical engineering and having worked as a research assistant in NUIG she was familiar with both biomaterials and medical devices. Her husband, James Wall, is an engineer who runs his own 3D printing company and the couple’s lightbulb moment came when they realised they could address a gap in the market by combining their skills to produce 3D printed models for applications in the healthcare sector. […]

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