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Volume 9 International Journal of Advancements in Technology
ISSN: 0976-4860 3D Printing 2018
March 19-20, 2018
March 19-20, 2018 | London, UK
2nd International Conference on
3D Printing Technology and Innovations
Modern methods of additive manufacturing for biomedical products
Patrycja Szymczyk, Grzegorz Ziolkowski, Bogdan Dybała and Edward Chlebus
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Additive manufacturing (AM), due to its high potential for forming complex shapes in almost unrestricted manner, allows
for creation of parts that cannot be produced with conventional technologies. The ability to locally control process
parameters in additive manufacturing processes or the supply of two or more different materials allow for creating objects with
different and unique properties. The application of those technologies opens up new possibilities for the design of modern
implants, both in terms of geometric form, as well as programmed mechanical characteristics for optimal biomechanical
implants, regarding interactions with the surrounding living tissues. Another aspect is the possibility of manufacturing bone
scaffolds with diversified structure designed to support growth of functional bone tissue from patient’s own stem cells seeded
inside the implant with bioactive agents and customized implants or prostheses suited to the expected actual load, deformation
and displacement resulting from an individual’s anatomy and physiology basing directly on the data coming from medical CT
scans. The capabilities of additive technologies to produce objects with geometries defined by computer 3D models, based
on processing biocompatible metal alloys (e.g. CoCr, Ti and Mg alloys), bioceramics (e.g. hydroxyapatite) and biodegradable
polymers (e.g. PLA, PLLA), however complex or intricate, have created a potential for solving many problems in medicine with
its biological diversity of shapes and structures.
Biography
Patrycja Szymczyk received her PhD (2015) degree from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland. She is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty
of Mechanical Engineering in the same university. Her current research interests are related to medical applications of AM technologies and includes the design,
manufacturing and testing of advanced biomedical objects, such as biomechanical functional structures (BFS) for tissue regeneration, custom-made implants and
smart drugs delivery systems for a wide spectrum of materials dedicated to the medical and pharmaceutical industry.
Patrycja Szymczyk et al., Int J Adv Technol 2018, Volume 9
DOI: 10.4172/0976-4860-C1-002
Figure 1: Procedure for the fabrication of individualized
biomedical products with additive manufacturing technologies.