According to Research andMarkets' recent report “Global 3D Printed Materials Market Analysis and Forecast (2016-2022)â€, the global 3D printed materials market will reach US$1.52 billion in 2022, and the dental and medical industries have become important. Help drive.
And just recently, the combination of 3D printing and the medical field has taken another step.
The Department of Urology, the Southern Hospital of Renji Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, occupied the headlines of medical circles last week. It successfully applied 3D printing technology to treat urinary diseases for the first time in the world.
In the world's first 3D printed urinary disease, the operation was originally a sacral nerve stimulator implant, which is a new minimally invasive treatment, that is, implanting a small programmable device in the buttocks. The symptoms of patients with incontinence are treated by separate remote control devices. The device includes a pulse generator, electrodes and wires connecting the two, which have been commonly used clinically.
According to the relevant physicians, although this type of surgery is a minimally invasive technique, it has made great progress compared with more traditional techniques, but there are still some problems. “Because people's pupils are very narrow, it is not only difficult to use an intraoperative puncture electrode, but it also takes hours, and doctors and patients may have radiation risks.â€
According to Lu Jianwei, deputy director of urology, the 3D printing technology used in this operation can accurately simulate the physical object, and fully understand the anatomical features of the patient's radial nerve and pupil, and facilitate the design of implants for physicians. This technology only needs to puncture the customized 3D model and electrodes at the reserved points, and the duration is shortened to 5 minutes.
This is undoubtedly a solid step in precision medicine . According to the official website, the hospital is currently applying for national patents for the technology. "With the demand for precision medicine and rapid rehabilitation medicine, the application of 3D printing technology will become more and more widespread, and become one of the hot spots in the development of the medical field." Xue Wei, director of the urology department said.
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