PERSONALIZED MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF ITS PREPARATION

• Main Authors: STEFANOVIC, Branko, SCHNITZER, Marek, HUDAK, Radovan, ZIVCAK, Jozef, JUHAS, Martin
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Hungarian
• Published: 28.05.2024
• Subjects: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DENTISTRY; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROSTHESES; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A personalized medical device intended for correction of defects, in particular in the orofacial area is multicomposite and comprises a hard tissue replacement and a soft tissue replacement. The hard tissue replacement is a hard core of biocompatible thermoplastic material and the soft tissue replacement is a biocompatible elastic substance. Preparation of personalized medical device even in the prenatal period using CT, MRI and 3D/4D electronic USG imaging and "additive manufacturing" technology.