Posted by Additive Plus at June 24, 2022, 12:42 p.m.
RESEARCHERS CREATE LOW-COST 3D PRINTED SPINAL SURGICAL MODEL
A group of researchers from the Mayo Clinic, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the Medical University of South Carolina have 3D printed a low-cost proof-of-concept spinal surgical simulator.
The aim of the study is to raise awareness of the lack of current surgical training alternatives to traditional methods that can be inconvenient, inaccessible, and incompatible with intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) systems.
Offering a low-cost alternative, the team created the lateral access training model (LATM), which features 3D printed lumbar vertebrae verified for anatomical accuracy.
#3DPrinting #3DPrinter #3DPrinted #additivemanufacturing #additivemanufacturingusa #additivemanufacturingsolutions #3Dideas #additiveplus #medicine
