Processing is closer to treatment, and the hospital cooperates with the manufacturer to establish a 3D printed implant factory

3D printingNot only influencing manufacturing methods, but also changing the supply chain, with3D printingIn order to smooth the medical-industrial interaction process, will my country’s hospitals and dental clinics3D printingImplants,3D printingThe manufacturing of dentistry is “incorporated” into the system, which may be a trend of market development…

HSS Hospital Park.3D printingFactory location

Discrete manufacturing of orthopedic implants

Italian orthopedic medical implant manufacturer Lima Corporate and the US Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) are cooperating to build an orthopedic implant additive manufacturing-3D printingThe factory is expected to be put into use in 2020.After the formal operation3D printingThe factory will manufacture patient-specific custom implants for HSS hospitals.

Italy Lima Corporate is a medical device manufacturer that provides orthopedic implant products. The orthopedic products provided include joint implants and a complete portfolio of limb implants. The core implant manufacturing technology is Trabecular Titanium technology.

Lima produced3D printingAcetabular cup

Trabecular Titanium technology is a technique that uses electron beam melting (EBM)3D printingEquipment manufacturing technology for titanium orthopedic implants,3D printingThe implant surface has a porous structure, which is different from the surface coating made by plasma spraying and other processes in that the structure is made of3D printingIn the bionic structure directly manufactured by the device, the hole geometry can be precisely controlled. For example, the acetabular cup implant manufactured by Trabecular Titanium technology has a porosity of 65% and an average pore diameter of 640μm.Metal3D printingThe porous implant structure created by the technology can promote bone ingrowth, thereby bringing better healing effects.

In 2007, Lima and3D printingEquipment manufacturer Arcam and surgeon Dr. Guido Grappiolo collaborated to produce the world’s first3D printingThe acetabular cup-Delta-TT cup, this project has become a landmark case.

HSS Hospital began manufacturing customized implants through Lima’s Italian headquarters in 2016. At the same time, Lima has also focused its strategy on establishing the business of ProMade customized implant products, which benefit greatly from additive manufacturing technology. shallow. HSS Hospital has the unique ability to deal with complex joint reconstruction, as well as the design and use experience of customized implants.

In the process of cooperation, the two parties saw each other’s complementary capabilities and decided to jointly establish a customized implant design and additive manufacturing facility based on the HSS hospital for rapid and efficient implant design under the most complex reconstruction conditions Collaboration and manufacturing. This cooperation will provide better conditions for the innovation of complex joint reconstruction treatment.

Review

Lima is based on HSS hospital3D printingThe implant manufacturing plant once again reflects the trend of manufacturing discretization led by additive manufacturing technology.The manufacturing process of customized implants is a process of medical-industrial interaction, established in cooperation between Lima and HSS3D printingThe factory provides convenience for the interaction between clinicians and implant design engineers. The chief innovation officer of HSS Hospital said that in the cooperative factory, the design process of each customized case will be faster, and localized manufacturing also eliminates the process of international transportation of implants.

The main task of the cooperative factory is to produce patient-specific custom implants (patient-specific custom implants) required by HSS hospitals. According to market research conducted by 3D Science Valley, this type of implant is designed to solve clinical problems that cannot be solved by traditional methods and meet special clinical requirements.Due to the high degree of personalization, the hospital’s demand for each implant is small, and every time3D printingThe process can produce multiple different implants at the same time, flexibly meeting the hospital’s needs for customized implants.

3D printingApplication value in the field of orthopedic implant manufacturing. source:“3D printingAnd Orthopedic Implants White Paper 2.0″

Besides,3D printingThe technology is also used by orthopedic implant manufacturers to manufacture standardized implants and patient-matched implants. Lima early development3D printingThe acetabular cup is a standardized product. Patient-matched implants are different from customized implants. This is a customized solution for implants used to treat common diseases. The implants are conventional products, but are designed to match the patient’s anatomical features . Manufacturers that provide patient-matched implants usually provide special design software at the same time. For example, American knee implant manufacturer Conformis provides users with special software for patient-matched knee implant design, and uses additive manufacturing technology to achieve Production of knee prosthesis components.

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