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Fabrication of biocompatible enclosures for an electronic implant using 3D printing
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posted on 2016-01-01, 00:00 authored by Scott AdamsScott Adams, Abbas KouzaniAbbas Kouzani, Mazher Mohammed, Clara Usma-MansfieldClara Usma-Mansfield, Susannah TyeA variety of different approaches have been employed to enable
implantation of electronic medical microdevices. A novel method of producing low-cost, rapidly fabricated implantable enclosures from biocompatible silicone is presented in this paper. This method utilises 3D computer-aided design software to design and model the enclosures prior to fabrication. The enclosures are then fabricated through additive manufacturing from biocompatible silicone using a 3D bioprinter. In this paper, four different implantable enclosure designs are presented. A prototyping stage with three different prototypes is described, these prototype enclosures are then evaluated through submersion and operation tests. A final design is developed in response to the obtained results, and then evaluated in a long term temperature controlled submersion test. The evaluation results are presented and discussed.
Several areas of future works are identified and discussed.
implantation of electronic medical microdevices. A novel method of producing low-cost, rapidly fabricated implantable enclosures from biocompatible silicone is presented in this paper. This method utilises 3D computer-aided design software to design and model the enclosures prior to fabrication. The enclosures are then fabricated through additive manufacturing from biocompatible silicone using a 3D bioprinter. In this paper, four different implantable enclosure designs are presented. A prototyping stage with three different prototypes is described, these prototype enclosures are then evaluated through submersion and operation tests. A final design is developed in response to the obtained results, and then evaluated in a long term temperature controlled submersion test. The evaluation results are presented and discussed.
Several areas of future works are identified and discussed.
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International journal of rapid manufacturingVolume
6Issue
1Pagination
17 - 32Publisher
InderscienceLocation
Olney, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1757-8825Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2016, Inderscience EnterprisesUsage metrics
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