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Titanium 3D Printed Implants

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Titanium 3D Printed Implants

There are few material that used in manufacturing of patient specific implants or generally as a solution for craniofacial reconstruction (Such as PEEK and PMMA). Titanium and its famous alloy – Ti6Al4V – are one of the most popular materials used for the production of 3d printed implants, because of its light weight, high strength, highly bio compatibility and very good osseointegration. 3D printed Implants do not interfere with computed tomography imaging and magnetic resonance imaging procedures which is a critical point due to postoperative follow up and cares.
Titanium 6Al4V (Grade 5) and 6Al4V ELI (Grade 23) are standard titanium alloys used for the manufacture of patient specific implants (custom made implants). There is also the possibility to manufacture implants additively from pure titanium (Grade 4), but the CPT (Commercially Pure titanium) mostly is used to manufacturing dental implants and in other field such as CMF (Craniomaxillofacial) or orthopedics surgeries, Ti6Al4V is the most popular material.

Application of customized implants

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Application of customized implants

Porous Patient Specific Implants (PSI) or customized implants are comparable to cortical bone and designed from patient scan data to create a customized, patient-specific solution. 3d printed implants are commonly used as an alternative to bone flaps to fill a defect or void in the cranial skeleton.
Neurosurgeons have a wide selection of cranioplasty products to choose from, including PEEK polymer, PMMA, and titanium. New products are gradually coming to market, but few boast the clinical specifications of customized titanium materials. Many doctors prefer additively manufactured titanium implants because of the material durability and the ease of use in the OR.

Custom Made Implants Advantages

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Perfectly matched shape of the custom made implants to the patient’s anatomy makes them the best response to the functional and aesthetic patients’ needs. Standard implants are limited and do not provide satisfying results while complex defects reconstruction or tumors resection. Additively manufactured patient specific implants are mostly used in facial reconstruction, oncologic and plastic surgery.
In comparison to standard implants, custom made implants have many benefits:
• Superb shape matching
• Shorter surgery time and recovery time
• Can be used to reconstruct any skeleton structure
• Not palpable to the patient
• Possibility of obtaining very complex implant geometry
• High level of osseointegration by using scaffold structure inside the implant.

Perfectly matched shape of the custom made implant to the patient’s anatomy makes them the best response to the functional and aesthetic patients’ needs. Standard implants are limited and do not provide satisfying results while complex defects reconstruction or tumors resection. Additively manufactured patient specific implants are mostly used in facial reconstruction, oncologic and plastic surgery. Perfectly matched shape of the custom made implant to the patient’s anatomy makes them the best response to the functional and aesthetic patients’ needs. Standard implants are limited and do not provide satisfying results while complex defects reconstruction or tumors resection. Additively manufactured patient specific implants are mostly used in facial reconstruction, oncologic and plastic surgery. Perfectly matched shape of the custom made implant to the patient’s anatomy makes them the best response to the functional and aesthetic patients’ needs. Standard implants are limited and do not provide satisfying results while complex defects reconstruction or tumors resection. Additively manufactured patient specific implants are mostly used in facial reconstruction, oncologic and plastic surgery. Perfectly matched shape of the custom made implant to the patient’s anatomy makes them the best response to the functional and aesthetic patients’ needs. Standard implants are limited and do not provide satisfying results while complex defects reconstruction or tumors resection. Additively manufactured patient specific implants are mostly used in facial reconstruction, oncologic and plastic surgery.

Custom Made Titanium Plates

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The shape of custom made titanium plates is defined during the preoperative planning, then the perfectly matched shape to patient’s anatomical structures is obtained during the production stage. 3d printed bone plates can be used in any case of bone fixations, in particular to reconstruct bones with complex 3D geometry, like pelvis or mandible.

In comparison to standard plates, custom made titanium plates have many benefits:
• Lack of internal stresses, which may occur as the result from the formation of standard plates in the operating room
• Better shape matching
• Individual screw placement which allows to avoid nerves, blood vessels or other structures damage
• Shorter operation time due to no need for plate formation during surgery
• Possibility to be used with surgical guides.

The shape of custom bone plates is defined during the preoperative planning, then the perfectly matched shape to patient’s anatomical structures is obtained during the production stage. 3d printed bone plates can be used in any case of bone fixations, in particular to reconstruct bones with complex 3D geometry, like pelvis or mandible.
In comparison to standard plates, additively manufactured titanium plates have many benefits:
Lack of internal stresses, which may occur as the result from the formation of standard plates in the operating room
Better shape matching
Individual screw placement which allows to avoid nerves, blood vessels or other structures damage
Shorter operation time due to no need for plate formation during surgery
Possibility to be used with surgical guides In comparison to standard plates, additivly have many benefits:
Lack of internal stresses, which may occur as the result from the formation of standard plates in the operating room
Better shape matching
Individual screw placement which allows to avoid nerves, blood vessels or other structures damage
Shorter operation time due to no need for plate formation during surgery
Possibility to be used with surgical guides

Personalized Titanium Prosthesis

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Personalized titanium prosthesis

Craniofacial segmental defects that are caused due to blast injury or tumor ablation require reconstructive procedures involving large bone replacement implants. Such defects remain a challenging problem for reconstructive surgeons as it is difficult to create a complicated 3D structure that satisfies significant functional and aesthetic roles of the mid face.
These defects are patient specific and the implants should depend on the loads and the dimensions of the missing bone defect. Advances in 3Dprinting technology have opened a new dawn in personalized titanium prosthesis design. Recently, an additively manufactured custom made implant has been successfully created and implanted in an infant using a 3D printer.

Craniofacial segmental defects that are caused due to blast injury or tumor ablation require reconstructive procedures involving large bone replacement implants. Such defects remain a challenging problem for reconstructive surgeons as it is difficult to create a complicated 3D structure that satisfies significant functional and aesthetic roles of the mid face.
These defects are patient specific and the implants should depend on the loads and the dimensions of the missing bone defect. Advances in 3Dprinting technology
Have opened a new dawn in patient specific implant design. Recently, an additively manufactured custom made implant has been successfully created and implanted in an infant using a 3D printer.
Craniofacial segmental defects that are caused due to blast injury or tumor ablation require reconstructive procedures involving large bone replacement implants. Such defects remain a challenging problem for reconstructive surgeons as it is difficult to create a complicated 3D structure that satisfies significant functional and aesthetic roles of the mid face.
These defects are patient specific and the implants should depend on the loads and the dimensions of the missing bone defect. Advances in 3Dprinting technology
Have opened a new dawn in patient specific implant design. Recently, an additively manufactured custom made implant has been successfully created and implanted in an infant using a 3D printer.

Highly Accurate Custom Made Implants for Patients

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In order to design a highly accurate implant for individual patients, Bonash proposes a software system that designs a patient specific hip implant by investigating the 3D anatomical geometry of the patient’s hip joints since bone cutting and alignment have to be achieved in 3D planes in surgical operation.
Accuracy of the additively manufactured prostheses is important to surgeons, and the capabilities of the custom made implants affect the outcome of design accuracy. Some of advantageous of titanium custom made prostheses are listed below:
• Ease of insertion of the implant stem in the canal of femur
• Successful positioning of implant in the hip joint

In order to design a highly accurate implant for individual patients, Bonash proposes a software system that designs a patient specific hip implant by investigating the 3D anatomical geometry of the patient’s hip joints since bone cutting and alignment have to be achieved in 3D planes in surgical operation.
Accuracy of the additively manufactured implants is important to surgeons, and the capabilities of the custom made implants affect the outcome of implant accuracy. Some of advantageous of titanium custom made implants are listed below:In order to design a highly accurate implant for individual patients, Bonash proposes a software system that designs a patient specific hip implant by investigating the 3D anatomical geometry of the patient’s hip joints since bone cutting and alignment have to be achieved in 3D planes in surgical operation.
Accuracy of the additively manufactured implants is important to surgeons, and the capabilities of the custom made implants affect the outcome of implant accuracy. Some of advantageous of titanium custom made implants are listed below:In order to design a highly accurate implant for individual patients, Bonash proposes a software system that designs a patient specific hip implant by investigating the 3D anatomical geometry of the patient’s hip joints since bone cutting and alignment have to be achieved in 3D planes in surgical operation.
Accuracy of the additively manufactured implants is important to surgeons, and the capabilities of the custom made implants affect the outcome of implant accuracy. Some of advantageous of titanium custom made implants are listed below:In order to design a highly accurate implant for individual patients, Bonash proposes a software system that designs a patient specific hip implant by investigating the 3D anatomical geometry of the patient’s hip joints since bone cutting and alignment have to be achieved in 3D planes in surgical operation.
Accuracy of the additively manufactured implants is important to surgeons, and the capabilities of the custom made implants affect the outcome of implant accuracy. Some of advantageous of titanium custom made implants are listed below:

Patient Specific Implants for Reconstruction of Orbital Floor

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Patient specific implants simplify the reconstruction of orbital floor and wall fractures, and should be considered a more accurate alternative to manually bent titanium mesh implants. 3d printed implants allow for the application of safe, time-effective, daily procedures; accordingly, its use should be encouraged.
As stated by the World Health Organization, custom made implants should play a key role in daily routines, and furthermore should replace conventional implants by 2020. Additively manufactured implants for the reconstruction of orbital floor and wall fractures is now readily available.

Patient specific implants simplify the reconstruction of orbital floor and wall fractures, and should be considered a more accurate alternative to manually bent titanium mesh implants. 3d printed implants allow for the application of safe, time-effective, daily procedures; accordingly, its use should be encouraged.
As stated by the World Health Organization, custom made implants should play a key role in daily routines, and furthermore should replace conventional implants by 2020. Additively manufactured implants for the reconstruction of orbital floor and wall fractures is now readily available.
Patient specific implants simplify the reconstruction of orbital floor and wall fractures, and should be considered a more accurate alternative to manually bent titanium mesh implants. 3d printed implants allow for the application of safe, time-effective, daily procedures; accordingly, its use should be encouraged.
As stated by the World Health Organization, custom made implants should play a key role in daily routines, and furthermore should replace conventional implants by 2020. Additively manufactured implants for the reconstruction of orbital floor and wall fractures is now readily available.

Custom made Titanium Prosthesis for Chest

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A titanium custom made chest wall implant could be a viable alternative for patients who had large chest wall tumors. From our experience, we conclude that the patient specific titanium implant may be used safely and effectively. It is additively manufactured by one of the new technologies that can allow thoracic surgeons to perform a wide anterior chest wall resection including of the sternum.
Despite the fact that the used custom made titanium implant is novel and has not been used previously, the use of other types of titanium implants has been proved to be safe and effective.

A titanium custom made chest wall implant could be a viable alternative for patients who had large chest wall tumors. From our experience, we conclude that the patient specific titanium implant may be used safely and effectively. It is additively manufactured by one of the new technologies that can allow thoracic surgeons to perform a wide anterior chest wall resection including of the sternum.
Despite the fact that the used custom made titanium implant is novel and has not been used previously, the use of other types of titanium implants has been proved to be safe and effective.A titanium custom made chest wall implant could be a viable alternative for patients who had large chest wall tumors. From our experience, we conclude that the patient specific titanium implant may be used safely and effectively. It is additively manufactured by one of the new technologies that can allow thoracic surgeons to perform a wide anterior chest wall resection including of the sternum.
Despite the fact that the used custom made titanium implant is novel and has not been used previously, the use of other types of titanium implants has been proved to be safe and effective.