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3D printer and ultrasound will speed up the treatment of fractures

01.05.2014

The idea of printing an analogue of gypsum using a modern 3D printer is, at its core, both simple and ingenious. A similar opinion is shared by Turkish student Deniz Karasahin, who designed the Osteoid Medical Cast.

This product is a technologically advanced plastic replacement for "gypsum". The development not only looks much more aesthetically pleasing and surpasses the usual medical plaster in functionality, but also helps to recover faster after fractures thanks to ultrasound.

In principle, a similar invention should sooner or later see the light of day, given the growing pace of mass application for all branches of 3D printing devices, and especially for medicine. Moreover, the classic gypsum, which is widely used today in hospitals, has a lot of drawbacks. It not only has a sufficiently large mass, but also, due to the difficulty in accessing air from the outside, can lead to the appearance of foreign odors and unpleasant itching. In addition to this, the usual rhythm of life of the owner of the gypsum itself also suffers, which not only has become partially incapacitated, but also experiences additional inconvenience due to the massiveness of the structure itself.

Thanks to modern advances in the field of three-dimensional printing, it has already become possible to create implants, design samples of prostheses, and now the next step is a model of a lighter and stronger analogue of the usual gypsum. Therefore, by advising to perform it using XNUMXD printing technology, the attending physician will be able to save his patient from many problems and inconveniences associated with trauma. First of all, the final product will be as ergonomic as possible and made in the form of a broken limb, whether it be an arm or a leg.

It turned out to be quite difficult to create a model of a gypsum substitute for its subsequent printing, using the usual measuring tools. To achieve maximum wearing comfort, the injured part of the body will need to be scanned with a 3D scanner. Further, special software is taken into account, in which more detailed settings for the final product are specified. As a result, the design receives ventilation holes and all the necessary additions for a speedy recovery.

The innovativeness of the idea also lies in the use of a low-intensity pulsed ultrasound stimulator, which, interacting directly with the patient's skin through the provided holes in the plastic structure, will reduce the healing time of the injury. If we operate with real numbers, then according to preliminary information, the recovery speed with a 3D-printed "gypsum" can increase by almost 80% compared to the conventional method.

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