Rapid prototyping and individualized metal implant in clinical orthopedics / 中国矫形外科杂志

ABSTRACT

The ideal treatment of osteonosus and bone tumor is individualized treatment with individualized implants on the basis of patient's geometrical anatomic condition.Traditional metal implants are lack of individual matching.The new individualized metal implant is based on reverse engineering and rapid prototyping technique,and has solved the problems of long period manufactural procedure in the traditional technique.New type of material is applied for rapid prototyping directly.It would be the developing tendency in orthopedic application.