Industry Applications

1. Preoperative model. Reconstruct the 3D model based on the patient's CT/MRI data, and print out a 1:1 physical model to provide good assistance for disease diagnosis, preoperative surgical plan design, and preoperative surgical operation drills. It allows surgeons to jump out of the dilemma of "imagining out of thin air" and can truly foresee the intraoperative situation from multiple dimensions before the operation, clarify the direction of important pipelines, formulate surgical paths and procedures, and rehearse the operation.

2. Intraoperative guide. Taking spinal surgery as an example, the most important thing is to accurately place screws and reduce surgical complications. Through 3D printing personalized drilling guides, pedicle screw placement is assisted, which increases accuracy and makes the operation simpler. Before the operation, the appropriate screw size and the design of the screw placement track can be directly found to reduce the deviation of the screw.

3. Postoperative repair guard. Traditional plaster models are airtight, which can easily cause itching and emit bad odors. The brace designed by 3D printing not only perfectly fits everyone's foot shape, but also solves the problem of breathability due to the ventilation holes. The buckle can be designed to be opened at any time for easy dressing changes. The wound healing speed can be accelerated by connecting an external ultrasonic device.

4. Orthodontics. In terms of orthodontics, 3D printing of tooth models is mainly used to make invisible braces to replace the previous wire braces.

5. Tooth restoration. Tooth restoration is also done by 3D printing the patient's tooth prototype and making dentures according to the missing parts of their teeth.