ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF BIO-MEDICAL IMPLANTS

Gary Muller ¹ Vladimir Popov ¹ Georgy Dzhenzhera ² Jean Ramon ¹ Haim Rosenson ¹

¹Israel Institute of Metals, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
²Polygon, Polygon Medical Engineering, Novosibirsk, Russia

Presentation of the state-of-the-art in 3d-printing of titanium implants; advantages of electron beam melting (EBM) for bio-medical application; demonstration of different cases of printed implants.

Samples were manufactured at Additive Manufaturing Center (AMC) at Technion, Israel.

Design and development of the shape and geometry of implants was performed by joint work of AMC and Polygon company (Russia).

Example of EBM manufactured hip-replacement implant

EBM-manufactured clavicle implant