3D printing for health & wealth: Fabrication of custom-made medical devices through additive manufacturing.
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., (2018) AIP Conference Proceedings.
Link: AIP Conference Proceedings 1960, 140006 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5034998