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#News(IoTStack) [ via IoTForIndiaGroup ]
This is a hollow, flexible Titanium Allen screw printed on a 3D Systems DMP Flex 100 3D printer. Screws with geometric complexity similar to this can be used to secure Titanium implants to the bone of a patient. This leads to an unprecedented level of osteo-integration. In lay man’s terms, over time, the bone grows into the screw just like the roots of a tree grow into the soil. This fusion of metal and bone results in a strong permanent rigid joint. It vastly reduces or completely eliminates the chances of the implant breaking away from the bone resulting in a catastrophic failure.
Previously due to the limits of traditional manufacturing methods it was impossible to even conceive such complex geometry. But now with 3D printing, geometric complexity comes for free. Biomedical engineers have begun to discard the old rule books. They have now started designing medical devices using the rules of 3D printing instead of traditional processes like CNC machining and casting.
Metal 3D printing is quite literally changing lives.
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