Digital Workflow of Customized Implants and Fabrication Using Additive Manufacturing Technology | Chapter 10 | Current Innovations in Chemical and Materials Sciences Vol. 3

 Additive Manufacturing (AM) is evenly starting to attract interest in healing application on account of its customization, cost effective result and faster delivery. The installation of AM to a digital workflow, decreases the readiness by speeding whole flow of patient diagnostic information betwixt the surgeon and the lab. The objective of this study is to decorate the route to digitize the custom-made implants consisting of image purchase, processing, implant design, fitting recital and fabrication utilizing fused deposition displaying (FDM) and electron beam softening (EBM) methodologies. AM of metal and flexible materials offers extreme levels of functional integration for modern applications and design-compelled integrated production answers. The use of AM in medicine is increasing quickly and is predicted to entirely transform the health care manufacturing. Given the inherent differentness of human anatomy, additive production (AM) plays a crucial function in the production of patient-specific implants. By utilizing AM technology, these implants are devised to precisely match the individual's cartilage shapes, ensuring a spotless fit. The use of additive manufacturing (AM) allows the creation of complicated lattice structures accompanying complicated geometries, which in proper sequence greatly reinforces the pace of healing subsequent to the impregnation of the ovum into the human body. Over the course of the last ten of something, a significant proportion of implants have existed conventionally made by processes such as casting, counterfeiting, machining, and powder the science of applying power to use. The conventional implants need manual manipulation superior to surgery, containing a trial and error process to get a personalized fit with the patient's bone form. Any disagreements in this process ability lead to the failure of the insert. The customized insert produced using AM method from the patients computerized axial tomography scanner or Magnetic resonance imaging (CT/MRI) scans can intensely reduce the insert failure and the number of revisions thus underrating the psychological stress and pain to the patient.

Author(s) Details:

Khaja Moiduddin,
Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.

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