The CADCAM contribution to customized orthopaedic implants
| Autor: | P S Walker, H V Crawford, P S Unwin |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Engineering 0206 medical engineering Expert Systems 02 engineering and technology computer.software_genre Prosthesis Design 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Computer Aided Design 030222 orthopedics business.industry Mechanical Engineering Femoral canal General Medicine Prostheses and Implants Modular design 020601 biomedical engineering medicine.anatomical_structure Orthopedics Computer-Aided Design Implant Hip Prosthesis business computer Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H, Journal of engineering in medicine. 206(1) |
| ISSN: | 0954-4119 |
| Popis: | CADCAM (computer aided design/manufacture) production methods are often associated with mass production; working in the medical field at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the requirement is for one-off, individualized implants. Using a knowledge-based system, implant designs are produced from X-ray data. Assembly from modular components has greatly reduced the production time of implants for bone tumour cases. CADCAM techniques are also used in the production of custom-made hip replacements using digitized data gathered from radiographs. Femoral canal shape is calculated and the optimal implant designed and manufactured from titanium alloy on the Department's CNC (computer numerically controlled) machines. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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