3D printing for health & wealth: Fabrication of custom-made medical devices through additive manufacturing.

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Authors and full affiliations: Alessandro Colpani, Antonio Fiorentino and Elisabetta Ceretti Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, Italy

Keywords: biocompatible silicone, dental field, audiological field, maxillary prostheses.

Purpose: Show the application of AM within the project 3DP-4H&W (3D Printing for Health & Wealth) which involves engineers and physicians for developing pediatric custom-made medical devices.

Methodology: Direct AM: FDM processing of silicone. Indirect Rapid Tooling (RT): molds FDM fabrication followed by silicone casting.

Practical implications: developing pediatric custom-made medical devices.

Full reference: COLPANI A., FIORENTINO A. and CERETTI E., AIP Conference Proceedings.

Link: AIP Conference Proceedings 1960, 140006 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5034998

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