Surgical preview model
For high-risk and difficult surgeries, it is important for medical workers to conduct preoperative planning. In the previous surgical preview process, medical workers often need to CT, magnetic **** vibration (MRI) and other imaging equipment to obtain the patient's data, and then the two-dimensional medical image using software to convert into realistic three-dimensional data. Today, medical workers can use 3D printers and other equipment to print out the three-dimensional model directly. This can assist doctors in accurate surgical planning, improve the success rate of surgery, and facilitate communication and exchange of medical workers and patients for surgical programs.
Surgical guide
As an auxiliary surgical tool in the surgical process, the surgical guide can help medical practitioners accurately implement surgical programs. Currently, the types of surgical guides include joint guides, spinal guides, oral implant guides and so on. With the help of 3D printing surgical guides, while making up for the shortcomings of the traditional surgical guide manufacturing process, it is also possible to adjust the size and shape of the guide as needed. In this way, different patients can have a guide plate that meets their real needs.
Dental applications
In recent years, the application of 3D printing in the dental field has been a hot topic of concern. From a general point of view, the application of 3D printing in the field of dentistry is mainly focused on metal teeth, invisible braces design and production. The emergence of 3D printing cutting-edge technology has created more possibilities for people who need orthodontic treatment to achieve personalized and customized braces. At different stages of orthodontic treatment, orthodontists need different braces. With the help of 3D printing to create multiple sets of braces needed for orthodontic treatment, it not only helps the healthy development of teeth, but also reduces the cost of braces production.
Orthopedic applications
Many medical practitioners are currently treating patients with damaged bones with the help of cutting-edge 3D printing technology. By creating an accurate 3D physical model of a patient's bone, medical practitioners can further observe the patient's bone condition and the exact location of the bone damage, and formulate a treatment plan accordingly. With the technical advantages of 3D printing, a series of problems in the treatment of long bone fractures and hip joint damage have been gradually overcome.
Skin repair
In the treatment of patients with severe skin burns due to fires and other serious burns, the long treatment cycle, postoperative scars and other issues make it difficult to achieve new improvements in skin repair. Over the years, researchers have been committed to exploring new ways to enhance the effectiveness of skin repair, and the emergence of cutting-edge 3D printing technology provides a new way to repair damaged skin. By scanning damaged skin wounds, medical staff can perform 3D model reconstruction of skin wounds, and then utilize cutting-edge printing technology to print a variety of highly viscous skin cell-containing materials with high precision and activity in situ to construct bionic skin structures.
Biological tissues and organs
In recent years, the scientific and medical communities have taken 3D printing of biological organs and tissues as one of the key topics for research. At present, biological 3D printed tissues and organs mainly include nose, ears, blood vessels, kidneys, heart, skin, cornea and so on. Whether it is artificial blood vessels, cartilage tissues, or liver tissues, kidney tissues, the core is the isolation (or directed induction) and large-scale expansion of specific types of cells. Bio-3D printing technology, in the process of artificial tissue and organ culture can build the three-dimensional shape of tissues and organs, and allow cell tissues to grow in accordance with the pre-set shape, as a way to promote the healthy development of cell tissues and use them to replace diseased tissues in the human body.
Rehabilitation medical equipment
In the actual application process, prosthetic limbs, hearing aids and other rehabilitation medical equipment with small quantities, customized needs, due to the more complex design of these rehabilitation medical equipment, the traditional CNC machine tools by the machining angle and other factors are often difficult to achieve better results. After utilizing 3D printing technology, the manufacturing process of rehabilitation medical devices has been further improved. The cost of making a single customized rehabilitation medical device has decreased, and the production cycle has been further shortened.
Personalized Pharmaceuticals
In the rapid development of smart healthcare, patients are looking forward to specialized, personalized, and precise healthcare service models. In terms of pharmaceuticals, the use of 3D printing and molding technology to prepare drug release devices for pharmaceuticals has a variety of advantages. 3D printing can be used to achieve localized detailed control of a variety of pharmaceutical materials, and precise control of the composition of a particular drug. For children and the elderly, scientific control of drug dosage can also help to improve the safety of medication. Through the 3D printing molding technology and equipment, the powder material will be bonded and shaped, which can realize the porous structure with complex cavities in medical applications, which is important for the release of drug effects.
In fact, the emergence of 3D printing technology, in a subtle way, has changed the development process of the traditional medical industry from multiple levels. It is believed that as the technology continues to mature, 3D printing will give birth to a new model of more medical services, and people will also feel the convenience of the emerging technology to life.