Introduction
Today I am going to be talking to you about medical 3D printing. Medical 3D printing is a in science and technology that will make you able to 3D print artificial parts of your body.
What is 3D printing
3D printing is where you can transform a digital file on your computer and turn it into a three-dimensional real life solid object. The first step in making a 3D print is creating a blueprint or a file that you can make on various websites or you can use other peoples templates Then you send it off to a printer where they will make it by putting down thin, sliced, hollowed pieces of either metal or plastic and stacking them layer by layer before you get the final product. 3D printing machine let you make complex shapes like parts for cars, airplanes and machines using much less material and money than other regular machines.
Medical equipment in a quick and cheap way
Everybody knows that medical equipment is very expensive. It is estimated that in 2010 Americans spent over 150 billion dollars in medical devices. Using 3D printed splints or other necessary means for healing will save you lots of money.
Who invented it
The 3D printer was invented by Charles W. Hull in 1984. When Charles Hull first invented the 3D printer he never made it to be a medical tool but
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This story explains how 3D printing can save lives. Kaiba Gionfriddo was born ahead of planned in 2011. After only 8 months pre birth his lung development caused concerns but he was sent home with his family. Six weeks later, Kaiba stopped breathing and turned blue. He was diagnosed with tracheobronchomalacia, a latin word which means his windpipe was so weak that it collapsed. He was put on different machines but still his windpipe collapsed. His caregivers 3D printed a bioresorbable device that instantly helped Kaiba
Brendan Maher, in his article “How to Build a Heart” discusses doctor’s and engineer’s research and experimentation into the field of regenerative medicine. Maher talks about several different researchers in this fields. One is Doris Taylor, the director of regenerative medicine at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston. Her job includes harvesting organs such as hearts and lungs and re-engineering them starting with the cells. She attempts to bring the back to life in order to be used for people who are on transplant waiting lists. She hopes to be able to make the number of people waiting for transplants diminish with her research but it is a very difficult process. Maher says that researchers have had some successes when it comes to rebuilding organs but only with simples ones such as a bladder. A heart is much more complicated and requires many more cells to do all the functions it needs to. New organs have to be able to do several things in order for them to be used in humans that are still alive. They need to be sterile, able to grow, able to repair themselves, and work. Taylor has led some of the first successful experiments to build rat hearts and is hopeful of a good outcome with tissue rebuilding and engineering. Scientists have been able to make beating heart cells in a petri dish but the main issue now is developing a scaffold for these cells so that they can form in three dimension. Harold Ott, a surgeon from Massachusetts General Hospital and studied under Taylor, has a method that he developed while training. Detergent is pumped into a glass chamber where a heart is suspended and this detergent strips away everything except a layer of collagen, laminins, and other proteins. The hard part according to Ott is making s...
Some prior tasks you may do is X-rays, plans and perform surgeries, care and check on your patients before surgery you have to get a 3D imag...
3D printing has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything. 3D printing was invented in the mid 1980s and was initially known as additive manufacturing. It consists of the fabrication of products through the use of printers which either employ lasers to burn materials (sintering) or place layer upon layer of material (known as stereolithography), eventually resulting in a finished item. Unlike the traditional manufacturing process, which involves milling, drilling, grinding or forging molded items to make the final product, 3D printing “forms” the product layer by layer. There are many different technological variants but almost every existing, 3D printing machine functions in a similar way: a 3D computer-aided engineering (CAD) file is sliced into a series of 2D planar sections and these are deposited by the printer, one above the other, to construct the part.
Countless people with glasses or contacts may think, “Will I ever not need to wear these things to help me see?” And the answer is YES, because of a newer form of surgery called LASIK eye surgery. This surgery revives peoples sad glasses eyes and give you new happy eyes, that can help you see without a hunk of metal or a piece of plastic. LASIK eye surgery is another option to retain people's vision. In my speech I will talk about what LASIK eye surgery is, some of the risks with this surgery, and the aftermath of the surgery.
The field of bioprinting, using 3D printing technology for producing live cells with extreme accuracy, could be the answer to many of the problems we as humans face in the medical field. It could be the end to organ waiting lists and an alternative for organ transplants. In 3D printing technology lies the potential to replace the testing of new drugs on animals. However, the idea of applying 3 dimensional printing to the health industry is still quite new and yet to have a major impact. Manufacturing working 3D organs remains an enormous challenge, but in theory could solve major issues present today.
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heart valves, tendons, ligaments and bones. E. Organs and tissues are distributed according to a national waiting list managed by UNOS which stands for United Network for Organ Sharing.
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In order to analyze its pros and cons, we need to know the technology first. As one of the advertisements states, “3D Printing: Make anything you want”. Of course, with the current maturity of this technology, this line exaggerates its effects, yet it certainly has a point. 3D printing is “a mechanical process whereby solid objects are created by ‘printing’ successive layers of material to replicate a shape modeled on a computer.
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