A recent case of a severe myxoma of the midface, this state patient had low quality of life, the rapidly expanding defect prohibited normal food consumption. The medical data was used to produce a plastic/nylon model 1:1 of the patient, so that the medical staff could see the actual extent of the myxoma.
Together with our team of engineers the operation was planned with our associated medical staff, and implant was designed and manufactured via 3D printing specifically for this patient.
The operation was successful, photos to follow soon.

A recent case of a severe myxoma of the midface, this state patient had low quality of life, the rapidly expanding defect prohibited normal food consumption. The medical data was used to produce a plastic/nylon model 1:1 of the patient, so that the medical staff could see the actual extent of the myxoma.
Together with our team of engineers the operation was planned with our associated medical staff, and implant was designed and manufactured via 3D printing specifically for this patient.
The operation was successful, photos to follow soon.

This is one of our more recent cases, where our team of engineers and medical staff changed the life of a 32 year old patient, check out the blog for the entire case and more photos!

http://hospital.materialise.com/blog/3d-printedimplant-ossifying-fibroma/#more-6180

3D Printed Titanium hip implant produced here at CRPM (https://www.facebook.com/CRPMISO/?fref=mentions) for the brilliant Bio-Medical Engineer George Vicatos (https://www.facebook.com/george.vicatos?fref=mentions) see his work at www.attri.co.za for more info on Metal printing. More details to follow…

3D Printed Titanium hip implant produced here at CRPM (https://www.facebook.com/CRPMISO/?fref=mentions) for the brilliant Bio-Medical Engineer George Vicatos (https://www.facebook.com/george.vicatos?fref=mentions) see his work at www.attri.co.za for more info on Metal printing. More details to follow…

A partial midface replacement done by titanium 3D printing, more details to follow

Taylor Baker received two ears at Groote Schuur hospital in conjunction with the Fuchs foundation.
The whole procedure was made possible with help of 3D printing in the sense that we designed and manufactured a positioning device to accurately place the
prosthetic implants as well as the external prosthesis.
The procedure we followed:
• Convert CT scan of patient in order to create a 3D model that was used to plan the exact position of the auricular implants that will hold the external prosthesis.
• A 3D printed positioning device was used to place the implants
• After a 3 month healing period the implants were exposed in order to place the prosthetic ears.
• The same 3d printed device was utilised to take impressions of the fitting area where the ears will be located in order to ensure a precise fit.
• Dr. Cules van den Heever then used the impressions to cast silicone prosthetic ears that were colour matched to the patient’s skin tone.
• Check out our page for the video, or follow the story with the links below

Taylor Baker received two ears at Groote Schuur hospital in conjunction with the Fuchs foundation.
The whole procedure was made possible with help of 3D printing in the sense that we designed and manufactured a positioning device to accurately place the
prosthetic implants as well as the external prosthesis.
The procedure we followed:
• Convert CT scan of patient in order to create a 3D model that was used to plan the exact position of the auricular implants that will hold the external prosthesis.
• A 3D printed positioning device was used to place the implants
• After a 3 month healing period the implants were exposed in order to place the prosthetic ears.
• The same 3d printed device was utilised to take impressions of the fitting area where the ears will be located in order to ensure a precise fit.
• Dr. Cules van den Heever then used the impressions to cast silicone prosthetic ears that were colour matched to the patient’s skin tone.
• Check out our page for the video, or follow the story with the links below