Engineering assisted surgery: A route for digital design and manufacturing of customized maxillofacial implants
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Serban, D.
Boyle, D.
O'Donnell, G.
Lohfeld, Stefan
McHugh, Peter E.
Peckitt, Ninian
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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.
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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.