Application of rapid prototyping and rapid tooling for development of patient-specific craniofacial implant: an investigative study

In today’s competitive world, the life-style of the average human being has become very fast. This causes a huge number traffic accidents resulting in various types of injuries. In India, most of these accidents take place during bike riding and this causes different types of fracture of bones. One...

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Published in:International journal of advanced manufacturing technology 2008-03, Vol.36 (5-6), p.510-515
Main Authors: Maji, Palash Kumar, Banerjee, P. S., Sinha, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bones
CAE) and Design
Casting
Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD
Engineering
Engineering research
Head injuries
Implants
Industrial and Production Engineering
Investment casting
Mechanical Engineering
Media Management
Near net shaping
Original Article
Rapid prototyping
Rapid tooling
Tooling
Traffic accidents
Transplants & implants
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Summary:In today’s competitive world, the life-style of the average human being has become very fast. This causes a huge number traffic accidents resulting in various types of injuries. In India, most of these accidents take place during bike riding and this causes different types of fracture of bones. One of these injuries is head injury. For the proper treatment of such patients, demands for patient-specific craniofacial bio-implants are increasing day by day. This kind of ‘tailored’ implant development through near net shape manufacturing is a highly challenging task since the developmental time and cost has to be as low as possible. At the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), one such process of implant development was explored taking one case of head injury. The implant was developed through the “3D CAD-rapid prototyping (RP)-rapid tooling (RT)-investment casting (IC)” route. For achieving the task, only the facilities available at CMERI were utilized.
ISSN:0268-3768
1433-3015
DOI:10.1007/s00170-006-0868-9