3D printing for developing patient specific cosmetic prosthetics at the point of care

Daniel J Thomas; Deepti Singh

doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.04.023

3D printing for developing patient specific cosmetic prosthetics at the point of care

Int J Surg. 2020 Aug:80:241-242. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.04.023. Epub 2020 Apr 18.

Authors

Daniel J Thomas¹, Deepti Singh²

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: daniel.thomas3@nasa.gov.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 32311524
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.04.023

Abstract

As 3D Printing methods have improved and newer advanced materials have been introduced then the ability to create a range of 3D printed prosthetic devices has developed. 3D Printing has allowed us to produce prosthetic devices that are customised to the needs of a patient. As a result, 3D printing offers a way towards the manufacture of ultraprecise patient-specific prosthetic devices to be generated at the point of care within the hospital. Because prosthetic devices can be cost effectively made to be patient specific, then they can in many circumstances improve patient recovery time (Aimar et al., 2019) [1]. We have recently used 3D printed to make a range of orthopaedic, oncology, plastics, and paediatric prosthetics.

Keywords: 3D printing in medicine; Medical 3D printing; Plastic surgery; Prosthetic.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Adult
Child
Humans
Patient-Specific Modeling*
Point-of-Care Systems*
Printing, Three-Dimensional*
Prostheses and Implants*
Prosthesis Design / methods*