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Engineering assisted surgery: A route for digital design and manufacturing of customized maxillofacial implants

Serban, D.
; 
Boyle, D.
; 
O'Donnell, G.
; 
Lohfeld, Stefan
; 
McHugh, Peter E.
; 
Peckitt, Ninian
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2007
Keywords
Engineering Assisted Surgery, Customised implants, Finite element analysis, Rapid manufacturing, Craniofacial surgery, Titanium implants, Reconstruction, Stereolithography, Defects
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Lohfeld, S; McHugh, PE; Serban, D; Boyle, D; O'Donnell, G; Peckitt, N (2007) 'Engineering assisted surgery: A route for digital design and manufacturing of customized maxillofacial implants'. Journal Of Materials Processing Technology, 183 :333-338.
Abstract
Rapid prototyping (RP) and more recently rapid manufacturing (RM) as a part of Engineering Assisted Surgery 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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Enterprise Ireland, as it is a part of Research Innovation Fund 2002
Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI)
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Elsevier
Publisher DOI
10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2006.10.028
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland
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National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (Scholarly Articles)