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[June 2000]
Rapid Prototyping for Bioceramic Implants
From the top of the head to the bottom of the feet, It has become increasingly possible to use "engineered" parts to correct medical problems that the human body cannot fix. Through a combination of rapid prototyping, advanced software, and state-of-the-art materials processing, Javelin, a Utah-based design firm has pioneered a process to directly create mimetic bone biostructures.
Javelin has used their process, MedLAMTM to demonstrate the direct fabrication of wrist, inner ear, and facial bones from patient-supplied data Computed Tomography (CT) data. The process has been used to demonstrate bone biostructures out of alumina, zirconia, and phosphate-based bioceramic materials.
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