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Perspectives of 3D Printing Technology on Polymer Composites for Biomedical Applications
Published in Savaş Kaya, Sasikumar Yesudass, Srinivasan Arthanari, Sivakumar Bose, Goncagül Serdaroğlu, Materials Development and Processing for Biomedical Applications, 2022
Modern advancements in the biomedical research exclusively on tissue engineering, drug delivery, fabrication of medical parts and devices guarantee that 3D printing techniques will perform an essential role in the future of healthcare. 3D printing is employed as “an essential ingredient” in Industry 4.0 and is being indicated as part of the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” [66]. Medical devices that can be developed via 3D printing devices include custom-made knee and hip implants, hearing aids, and prostheses. Some of the biomedical parts made using different 3DP techniques were shown in Figure 8.4. A recent report describes the drivers, marketable trends, and the major confrontations for the AM and forecasts that the AM market will increase from 2014 with an estimation of $11,145.1 million by 2020, at a CAGR of 20.9% [67]. The market of 3D printing is now valued around $9.3 billion and a report by Smithers Pira predicted that the worth of the AM industry will be increased to $55.8 billion by 2027 [68]. Deloitte Global also predicts the 3D printing sales by large companies will exceed in 2019 US$2.7 billion and will reach US$3 billion in 2020 [69], as represented in Figure 8.5.
Force-System Resultants and Equilibrium
Published in Richard C. Dorf, The Engineering Handbook, 2018
Perhaps a greater potential benefit occurring from the use of biomedical engineering is identification of the problems and needs of our present healthcare system that can be solved using existing engineering technology and systems methodology. Consequently, the field of biomedical engineering offers hope in the continuing battle to provide high-quality health care at a reasonable cost; if properly directed toward solving problems related to preventive medical approaches, ambulatory care services, and the like, biomedical engineers can provide the tools and techniques to make our healthcare system more effective and efficient. For detailed examples of specific research and development activities in this field, see Bronzino (2000).
Additive manufacturing technologies
Published in Adedeji B. Badiru, Vhance V. Valencia, David Liu, Additive Manufacturing Handbook, 2017
The biomedical 3D printing is an emerging technology to construct artificial tissues and organs, which is currently feasible, fast evolving, and predicted to be a major technology in tissue engineering. We have seen that the AM market is increasing, but also that the trades’ feedbacks increase too. This review has identified some trends, but we can specify that 3D printers are specializing for specific applications and that the modeling is decisive to improve the product and propose new ways to optimize productivity. AM opens new possibilities with the rapid construction in the civil engineering or the expiring patents.
Auxetic fibrous materials and structures in medical engineering – a review
Published in The Journal of The Textile Institute, 2023
Biomedical engineering focuses on utilizing the concepts and techniques of engineering for the betterment of human health and human care. Whereas, textile biomedical engineering can be defined as the ‘Application of a systematic, quantitative and integrative way of thinking about and approaching the solutions in problems of how fibers and textiles can be engineered to the benefits of biology, physiology, medicine, behavior, and health of human populations’ (Li et al., 2019). Fibrous structures have been widely used in the field of medical science and engineering. This article is a comprehensive review of applications of various auxetic fibrous materials and structures in medical engineering. It is aimed that this review will be helpful for future advancement in the area of auxetic textile materials particularly in health care applications.
Empathy and ethical becoming in biomedical engineering education: a mixed methods study of an animal tissue harvesting laboratory
Published in Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, 2021
Justin L. Hess, Sharon Miller, Steven Higbee, Grant A. Fore, Joseph Wallace
The biomedical engineering profession aims to improve medicine through design. Hence, the vision of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES 2020) is ‘developing and using engineering and technology to advance human health and well-being.’ Consequently, as educators in the field, we should aim to equip our students with not only the technical ability to solve biomedical design problems, but also the knowledge to make ethical decisions. While we recognise that cultural systems (e.g. institutional, organisational) can inhibit individual agency and action, we should strive to instil in our students the courage and confidence to see such ethical decisions to fruition when faced with ethical challenges in their future practice. Numerous instructional resources exist that pertain to specific evidence-based pedagogical frameworks in engineering education to these ends, as evident from the abundant resources available on the Online Ethics Centre (a repository of case studies for science and engineering ethics study).
Advanced processing of 3D printed biocomposite materials using artificial intelligence
Published in Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 2022
Deepak Verma, Yu Dong, Mohit Sharma, Arun Kumar Chaudhary
As reported by Ventola [100] main challenge to biomedical research lies in complex shapes and revolutionary approach. 3D printing permits the novelty in biomedical fields such as implants, organ and tissue development, etc. The flexibility of 3D printing permits developing the sheer complex geometry shaped materials such as semi-crystalline polymer composites .[1] Here machine learning will help in identifying the optimized geometry and allow 3D printing to be manufactured in the same way.