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Engineering Assisted SurgeryTM: A route for digital design and manufacturing of customised maxillofacial implants by S. Lohfeld; P. McHugh; D. Serban; D. Boyle; G. O’Donnell; N. Peckitt is a Engineering article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Engineering Assisted SurgeryTM: A route for digital design and manufacturing of customised maxillofacial implants about?

Rapid prototyping (RP) and more recently rapid manufacturing (RM) as a part of Engineering Assisted Surgery TM enables manufacturing of customised implants and prostheses prior to surgical procedures. Beginning with CT or MRI scans, implants can be customised-designed for a named patient and optimised for shape and mechanical requirements using digital data only, disregarding all physical models except for the final implant. In this paper, a route to digitise the design of an existing implant is described, consisting of transfer of CT data, design of the prostheses, FE analysis, rapid manufacturing from titanium, and quality control.

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Author

S. Lohfeld; P. McHugh; D. Serban; D. Boyle; G. O’Donnell; N. Peckitt

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2007

Language

EN

Field

Engineering (Physical Sciences)