Technology/ Title:3D Printed Medical Implants

Technology Type:
Device/Diagnostics

Contact Person

Name:
Dr. Pei-Yi Tsai
Title:
Manager
Telephone(work):
+886-3-5918799
Mobile:
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Technology Description

Application of 3D model reconstruction, customized design and additive layer manufacturing technologies to design and manufacture the bio-active medical devices, such as bone screw, interbody cage, and sacral plate. The bio-active cannulated implants are high porosity and controllable, that could also combine with bio-ceramic or osteogenic materials to increase osteoinductive activity and osseointegration in bone regeneration. The 3D printing-related products were validated through the computer modeling and material testing system, which could lead to personalized medical implants in orthopedics, dentistry, and aesthetic medicine in the future.

Features:

 

  • Size & Shape: design for customer needs
  • Property: high density (>99%) and porosity (≥40%)；surface roughness>25μm
  • Mechanics: fatigue test>5,000,000 cycles；high strength (20~200Mpa; controllable)
  • Others: the bio-active implants could also combine with bio-ceramic or osteogenic materials.

Intellectual Property

Patents:

Europe
China
USA
Taiwan

Key Publications:

Business Opportunity


Technology Advantages:

  • Using 3D printing (additive layer manufacturing) technology to design and manufacture the bio-active implants (screw & cage) with vesicular structure.
  • The sacral plate is designed by the human sacrum anatomic data which is good in fixation effect, reduces postoperative pain and other complications of patients.
  • The customized solution for personalized medical devices was established by application of 3D model reconstruction, customized design and additive layer manufacturing technology.

Applications:

  • 3D printing technology for bio-active screw could lead to novel medical implants in orthopedics (especially for customizable products, old or osteoporotic patients), dentistry, and aesthetic medicine.
  • The interbody fusion cage is a prosthesis used in spinal fusion procedures to maintain foraminal height and decompression.
  • The customized sacral plate is indicated for pedicle based dynamic stabilization system and sacral fracture as the novel spinopelvic (L5-S1) fixation device.