Development of 18 Quality Control Gates for Additive Manufacturing of Error Free Patient-Specific Implants.

ABSTRACT: Unlike subtractive manufacturing technologies, additive manufacturing (AM) can fabricate complex shapes from the macro to the micro scale, thereby allowing the design of patient-specific implants following a biomimetic approach for the reconstruction of complex bone configurations. Nevertheless, factors such as high design variability and changeable customer needs are re-shaping current medical standards and quality control strategies in this sector. Such factors necessitate the urgent formulation of comprehensive AM quality control procedures. To address this need, this study explored and reported on a variety of aspects related to the production and the quality control of additively manufactured patient-specific implants in three different AM companies. The research goal was to develop a

SUBMITTER: Martinez-Marquez D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6803939 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature