The highest of the four levels of application of 3D printing technology in the medical field is (A)
A. Materials with no biocompatibility requirements
B. Materials that are biocompatible, but can be degraded
C. Metals 3D printing, active cells, proteins and other extracellular matrices
D. Biocompatible, but non-degradable materials
Modern medical industry, there are a large number of personalized needs, it is difficult to standardize and mass production, which is exactly where the advantages of 3D printing technology lies.
3D printing technology can be based on the patient's real-time needs, tailored for the patient's exclusive medical assistive devices, such as: post-operative repair of protective gear, crutches, etc.; in addition to assisting the doctor to save the life of the doctor, such as: pre-operative models, printing high-precision medical equipment, and so on.
Kings high-precision 3D printers can be used in orthopedics, plastic surgery, surgery and other clinical procedures. It can also be applied in oral dentistry: one is orthodontics, the other is dental restoration.
Based on the patient's CT/MRI data reconstruction 3D model, print out the 1:1 physical model, the diagnosis of disease, the design of pre-operative surgical program, pre-operative surgical operation of the rehearsal to provide good assistance. This allows surgeons to jump out of the dilemma of "imagining things out of thin air" and to anticipate the intraoperative situation from a multi-dimensional perspective before the surgery, to clarify the direction of important pipelines, to formulate surgical paths and procedures, and to rehearse the surgery.
Taking spinal surgery as an example, the most important thing is to accurately place nails and reduce surgical complications. The 3D printing of personalized drilling guides to assist in pedicle screw placement allows for increased accuracy and simpler surgery, with the ability to find the right screw size and design the screw placement track directly before surgery, reducing screw deviation.
The traditional plaster model is airtight, which can easily lead to itchy wounds and emit bad odors; the support designed through 3D printing is not only perfectly suited to each person's foot shape; it solves the problem of breathability due to the ventilation holes; it can be designed to be opened at any time by a live button, which is convenient for medication change; and it accelerates the healing of wounds through the use of external ultrasound equipment.