Medical and healthcare case studies
From complex reconstructive facial surgery to orthopaedic and trauma surgery, advances in additive manufacturing have inspired a growing number of progressive surgeons to commission metal 3D-printed patient specific implants (PSIs) and cutting guides for both complex and straightforward procedures.
Challenge: To identify highly accurate and reliable encoder products for high-performance computed tomography (CT) scanners.
Find out moreChallenge: To scale up additive manufacturing for mass production of standard parts
Find out moreChallenge: Increase metrology process throughput to support mass production.
Find out moreChallenge: To design and build a powered exoskeleton with the ultimate aim of winning the Cybathlon competition.
Find out moreChallenge: Implement large scale nanofiber manufacturing while maintaining N95 quality.
Find out moreChallenge: To achieve static and dynamic stability of Marsi Bionics’ exoskeletons, via position feedback, without compromising mobility.
Find out moreChallenge: Incorporate complex structures into orthopaedic implants, and reduce the amount of offline testing.
Find out moreChallenge: To increase implantation accuracy and decrease time spent in the OR during stereoencephalography procedures.
Find out moreChallenge: To prove the suitability of additive manufacturing for the production of spinal implants.
Find out moreChallenge: To reduce labour and improve profitability of removable partial denture production.
Find out moreChallenge: To design and build a slidescanner that could significantly increase the throughput of large routine pathology labs.
Find out moreChallenge: To research and develop a ground-breaking biosensor platform for early stage cancer diagnosis.
Find out moreChallenge: Change internal processes and business model, while re-training and supporting staff.
Find out moreChallenge: Develop a highly accurate encoder with high-precision measurement to fit into a compact environment.
Find out moreChallenge: Seven year old Bernese Mountain Dog requiring excision of maxilliary tumour.
Find out moreChallenge: To increase production efficiency in dental frameworks without the loss of accuracy.
Find out moreChallenge: A young mother required reconstructive work of her orbital floor and medial wall following a car accident in Nepal.
Find out moreChallenge: A patient who suffered cancer of the lower jaw required removal of the affected region coupled with reconstructive work.
Find out moreChallenge: Research 3D printing of CoCr removable partial dentures.
Find out moreChallenge: Craniotomy to remove growth and a cranioplasty to rebuild skull.
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