ESF junior research group "IndivImp": Individualised implants and replacement tissue through additive manufacturing methods

Runtime	01.07.2017 – 30.06.2020
Funding	Sächsische AufbauBank (SAB) from funds of the Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF)
Project lead	Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Ralph Stelzer
	Dr.-Ing. habil. Christine Schöne (former staff member)
Project staff	Dr.-Ing. Philipp Sembdner
	Dr.-Ing. Stefan Holtzhausen
Partners	Zentrum für Translationale Knochen-, Gelenk- und Weichgewebeforschung (AG Gelinsky)
	Professur für Magnetofluiddynamik, Fakultät Maschinenwesen, TU Dresden (AG Odenbach)

Motivation

The topic of the junior research group "Indiv-Implant" (ESF-NFG IndivImp) combines two of the currently most interesting and rapidly developing fields of research and development: that of additive manufacturing (AM) and that of personalised medicine. The aim of the project is to develop individualised implants from biodegradable biomaterials and to establish the relevant process chains for their production.

Objectives

• Development of new CAM solutions for the processing of pasty materials
• Automatic path generation for anatomically shaped implant geometries
• Modelling of mechanically optimised internal scaffold architectures
• 3D plotting of anatomically shaped scaffolds with optimised structure
• Development of a continuous workflow for the production of individual implant structures starting from the CT data via the implant model to production

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