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Tuesday, February 28, 2017 12:23:05 PM
CSIRO and Anatomics 3D print titanium-and-polymer sternum implant in medical world first
This is a current follow up to a recent post.
From 3dprintpulse.com - CSIRO and Anatomics 3D print titanium and polymer sternum implant in medical world first - Feb 27, 2017
The introduction:
Australian organization CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, recently partnered with Anatomics, a Melbourne-based medical implant company, and a team of UK doctors to implant a 3D printed titanium and polymer sternum into a 61-year-old British patient. The operation marked the first time that a 3D printed sternum made from titanium and a synthetic polymer had been implanted into a human.
The patient, 61-year-old Edward Evans, suffered from a rare infection that necessitated the removal of his sternum, or breastbone. Since receiving his new 3D printed titanium-polymer implant, Evans is reportedly recovering very well.
In making the sternum implant, CSIRO partnered with medical implant company Anatomics. The latter was responsible for designing the titanium and polymer implant, while CSIRO took charge of its manufacturing, 3D printing the implant at its Lab 22 facility in Melbourne.
“I’m proud of our cutting-edge work with Anatomics that has enabled patients around the world to regain the ability to walk, to sit up and lead normal lives,” said Dr. Keith McLean, Director of CSIRO Manufacturing. "Here in Melbourne, we have quietly been developing what we believe is one of the world’s most advanced capability in reconstructive prosthetics, and this recent success in the UK demonstrates that."
From the bbc.co.uk - How 3D printing could revolutionise surgery - Surgeon Gabriel Weston witnessed a remarkable UK first – an operation to implant a custom built 3D printed titanium sternum.
An excerpt:
Titanium is a strong, lightweight, biologically compatible metal that becomes integrated, not rejected in human bodies. And this, coupled with advances in 3D printing technology, allowed the creation of an implant that would precisely fill the defect in Edward’s chest.
Mr Bishay sent CT scans of Edward’s chest to Anatomics Pty Ltd in Melbourne, Australia, who are world leaders in the design and manufacture of bespoke surgical implants.
Their designs were then sent to CSIRO where they were fed into a 3D printer. This printer has a chamber filled with powdered titanium, and the particles are fused together layer by layer by an electron beam.
The printed sternum was then returned to Anatomics for processing and cleaning and was coated in porous polyethylene – a substance manufactured to create a bone-like porous architecture and which also helps with tissue adhesion. Finally, the implant was sterilised and shipped to the UK.
Cardiothoracic surgeon Ehab Bishay (left) and Edward Evans from 3drs.org - 60-year-old becomes first UK patient to receive 3D printed titanium sternum and rib implant
This is a current follow up to a recent post.
From 3dprintpulse.com - CSIRO and Anatomics 3D print titanium and polymer sternum implant in medical world first - Feb 27, 2017
The introduction:
Australian organization CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, recently partnered with Anatomics, a Melbourne-based medical implant company, and a team of UK doctors to implant a 3D printed titanium and polymer sternum into a 61-year-old British patient. The operation marked the first time that a 3D printed sternum made from titanium and a synthetic polymer had been implanted into a human.
The patient, 61-year-old Edward Evans, suffered from a rare infection that necessitated the removal of his sternum, or breastbone. Since receiving his new 3D printed titanium-polymer implant, Evans is reportedly recovering very well.
In making the sternum implant, CSIRO partnered with medical implant company Anatomics. The latter was responsible for designing the titanium and polymer implant, while CSIRO took charge of its manufacturing, 3D printing the implant at its Lab 22 facility in Melbourne.
“I’m proud of our cutting-edge work with Anatomics that has enabled patients around the world to regain the ability to walk, to sit up and lead normal lives,” said Dr. Keith McLean, Director of CSIRO Manufacturing. "Here in Melbourne, we have quietly been developing what we believe is one of the world’s most advanced capability in reconstructive prosthetics, and this recent success in the UK demonstrates that."
From the bbc.co.uk - How 3D printing could revolutionise surgery - Surgeon Gabriel Weston witnessed a remarkable UK first – an operation to implant a custom built 3D printed titanium sternum.
An excerpt:
Titanium is a strong, lightweight, biologically compatible metal that becomes integrated, not rejected in human bodies. And this, coupled with advances in 3D printing technology, allowed the creation of an implant that would precisely fill the defect in Edward’s chest.
Mr Bishay sent CT scans of Edward’s chest to Anatomics Pty Ltd in Melbourne, Australia, who are world leaders in the design and manufacture of bespoke surgical implants.
Their designs were then sent to CSIRO where they were fed into a 3D printer. This printer has a chamber filled with powdered titanium, and the particles are fused together layer by layer by an electron beam.
The printed sternum was then returned to Anatomics for processing and cleaning and was coated in porous polyethylene – a substance manufactured to create a bone-like porous architecture and which also helps with tissue adhesion. Finally, the implant was sterilised and shipped to the UK.
Cardiothoracic surgeon Ehab Bishay (left) and Edward Evans from 3drs.org - 60-year-old becomes first UK patient to receive 3D printed titanium sternum and rib implant
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