Main description:

The original role of RP was to confirm the shape and feel of concept design, but innovations in RP now allow for the development of sophisticated medical devices such as catheters, stents, drug delivery systems, syringes and cardio-vascular devices, and more. RP has moved beyond medical devices, as surgeons now regularly use RP models to brainstorm strategies for surgeries. This book presents new uses for rapid prototyping in state-of-the-art medical applications.

Contents:

Computer Aided Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.- Virtual Bone Surgery.- Medical Imaging Challenges Photogrammetry.- Computer Aided Tissue Engineering Scaffold Fabrication.- CAD Assembly Process for Bone Replacement Scaffolds in Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering.- Computational Design and Simulation of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds.- Conventional Manufacturing Process for Three-Dimensional Scaffolds.- Advanced Processes to Fabricate Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering.- Laser Printing Cells.- Two-Photon Polymerization for Tissue Engineering.- Selective Laser Sintering of Polymers and Polymer-Ceramic Composites.- Design, Fabrication and Physical Characterization of Scaffolds Made from Biodegradable Synthetic Polymers in Combination with RP Systems based on Melt Extrusion.- Molding in Medicine.- Organ Printing.- Skin Printing.- Nerve Regeneration & Spinal Injury Repair.- Cartilage Regeneration.- Structural Analysis of the Human Shoulder.