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Rapid Prototyping of Human Implants with Case Study

Abstract

In the medical field increasing the product performance and reducing the cycle time are important not for maintaining market place competition but also to comfort the patients and make them heal sooner. The project aims at preparing human implants accurately and more quickly. When it is for human there’s no such thing as standard size. Hence RAPID PROTOTYPING technique is used in preparation of human implants. In this paper we have discussed about the manufacturing of the bone, the image of the bone is obtained from a CT-scan. Using PLATO software the image is digitized and 3D model is obtained and it is reconstructed in PRO-E using co-ordinate points. The STL format of the PRO-E file is fed into STRATASYS FDM1650 machine to get the ABS pattern of the required bone. From the pattern the stainless steel implant is made by CO2 moulding process.

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