Open AccessResearch on seamless development of surgical instruments based on biological mechanisms using CAD and 3D printer
Author(s) -
Ikuo Yamamoto,
Ren Ota,
Rui Zhu,
Murray Lawn,
Takakazu Ishimatsu,
Takeshi Nagayasu,
Naoya Yamasaki,
Katsunori Takagi,
Takehiko Koji
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
bio-medical materials and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1878-3619
pISSN - 0959-2989
DOI - 10.3233/bme-151321
Subject(s) - cad , surgical instrument , surgical procedures , computer science , 3d printer , mechanism (biology) , human–computer interaction , systems engineering , manufacturing engineering , embedded system , engineering , engineering drawing , medicine , mechanical engineering , surgery , philosophy , epistemology
In the area of manufacturing surgical instruments, the ability to rapidly design, prototype and test surgical instruments is critical. This paper provides a simple case study of the rapid development of two bio-mechanism based surgical instruments which are ergonomic, aesthetic and were successfully designed, prototyped and conceptually tested in a very short period of time.