Design for Additive Manufacture of Medical Devices
Abstract
This lecture will illustrate some of the issues involved in designing, prototyping and manufacturing medical devices that exploit Additive Manufacturing. This will focus on custom-fitting devices and the examples include surgical guides, facial prosthetics and wrist splints and covers issues such as patient data capture, appropriate computer-aided design and Additive Manufacturing processes and materials.
Dr. Bibb graduated from Brunel University with a BSc in Industrial Design in 1995 and moved to the National Centre for Product Design & Development Research (PDR) to undertake Rapid Prototyping research. In 1998 he established the Medical Applications group at PDR to conduct research into the medical applications of design technologies including Rapid Prototyping / Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing. He moved to Loughborough University in 2008. He is affiliated with the University’s multidisciplinary Additive Manufacturing Research Group and he established the Design School’s Design for Digital Fabrication research group in 2014. His research focuses on the application of design techniques and technologies in medicine and has specifically addressed maxillofacial surgery, prosthetic rehabilitation, orthotics, dental technology and archaeology. His work has been presented in Europe, Japan, South Africa, Egypt, Canada and USA and resulted in more than 80 peer-reviewed publications.
To register, please email s.wissing@imperial.ac.uk