Paper
Additive Manufacturing Technology Applications Targeting Practical Surgery
- Authors:
- Andrey Koptyug; DDS Per Dérand; M.Sc. Sanna Fager Franzén; Mikael Bäckström; Lars-Erik Rännar
- Abstract
- Present paper is written with the aim to provide an overview of the Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies in the applications benefiting orthopaedics and prosthetics. To our opinion, modern medicine yet does not fully comprehend existing unique possibilities and emerging opportunities provided by such technologies. Many of the advantages of Additive Manufacturing have been already proven experimentally and are used, but many others tough proven by researchers and method developers are still await to take their rightful place in the arsenal of modern practical medicine. Today the applications of AM technologies are mainly discussed at the specialised forums and in publications targeting the technology specialists. Present paper is written for the existing and potential users of the medical applications of AM technologies. It outlines some of the most interesting achievements of AM technologies along with existing challenges, recent developments and targets for the future.
- Keywords
- Additive Manufacturing; Implant; Cellular; Patient Specific; Reconstruction; Electron Beam Melting; Composites; Surface
- StartPage
- 15
- EndPage
- 24
- Doi
- 10.5963/LSMR0301003