This is great, and in the same ballpark as a project friend is doing: he had a disabled son who needed prosthetics to help maintain his posture, but the things were expensive and took months to get sorted out. Enter 3D scanning and printing to accelerate that. (Full background: http://projectandiamo.com/background/)

Naveed's only just getting started out right now, but I bet he won't mind me saying that if you like what he's trying to do, and want to help, please do drop him a line.