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LiM Laser Metal 3D printer helps the medical device industry achieve more

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Time:2024-11-22

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  In July this year, a medical device company in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province purchased a LiM Laser LIM-X260A series of equipment for the research and development and trial production of medical implant products, hoping to use LiM Laser metal 3D printing solutions to land the research and development capabilities of sophisticated medical devices and realize the transformation of results.

  LiM-X260A series equipment purchased by a medical equipment company in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province

  In 2021, the company began to contact additive manufacturing, explore the application effect of light curing 3D printing in medical devices, and realize the mass manufacturing of 3D printed medical guides. In order to further explore the clinical application possibilities of 3D printed medical implants, after various comparative investigations, we finally chose to cooperate with LiM Laser to break through the technical bottleneck of metal 3D printed medical implants and open up new ideas for long-term development.

  Metal 3D printing, significant advantages

  Currently, the company uses LiM-X260A series devices to print titanium interbody fusion devices and vertebral implants. This series of equipment has been tested by the market for a long time, stable performance, intelligent and efficient, convenient operation; Equipped with large capacity powder cylinder, 1.5 times the capacity of forming cylinder; The filter system has a backblow function and uses a long-acting filter element with a life span of more than 100,000 hours to ensure uninterrupted printing.

  The interbody fusion apparatus with controllable porous structure was directly formed by the device to effectively improve the effect of bone growth. The elastic modulus and porosity are similar to those of cancellous bone. Titanium alloy material also has good biocompatibility and high compatibility with human tissue.

Full plate batch production metal 3D printing interbody fusion, body

  However, traditional forging, machining and other manufacturing processes can only produce standardized medical implants, and can not realize personalized customization from the actual needs of patients. The finished product has a smooth surface, which is not conducive to the adhesion of bone cells. Therefore, metal 3D printing technology is influencing the development trend of medical implants with its unique advantages.

The traditional process of manufacturing interbody fusion apparatus

  Whole process service, win-win cooperation

  In the cooperation between the two parties, LiM Laser gives full play to its experience in the field of metal additive manufacturing, providing a full range of services including early training, equipment operation guidance, software support, printing process optimization, etc., to assist the enterprise in the development of implants, structural design, process parameter adjustment and other aspects of exploration and development. In particular, the relevant person in charge of the company mentioned that in the early use stage, LiM Laser can provide technical services such as printing, typesetting, slicing, etc., to help them carry out medical implant development faster; At the same time, LiM Laser will also provide efficient, professional and comprehensive training services to help users quickly master the operation of the equipment.

  Broad market prospects, win-win cooperation

  Metal 3D printing technology has the characteristics of high flexibility, high manufacturing accuracy, short production time, etc., showing a high growth trend in the medical service industry, "3D printing + digital medical" has taken the lead in orthopedics, oral, medical devices, surgical guides, prosthesis implants and other directions have been applied to meet the personalized and precise needs. The transformation from "cutting the feet" to "tailoring" has greatly saved the time and cost of treatment.

  Therefore, the head of the company is full of confidence in the market prospects of metal 3D printing medical implants, in his view, the rapid development of digital technology is driving the transformation and upgrading of traditional medical care to smart medical care and precision medicine. As an important treatment method, metal 3D printed medical implants can be tailored according to the individual characteristics of patients and lesion sites, and have high adaptability. Multiple sizes or customized designs can be produced in one build, fast and efficient; Integral forming reduces the number of parts and assembly process, reducing production costs while helping to improve surgical accuracy.

  The company is also actively exploring more possibilities for metal 3D printing medical implants, with the deepening of cooperation between the two sides, relying on strong technology accumulation and research and development capabilities in their respective fields, will be able to jointly land breakthrough results, promote metal 3D printing implants to accelerate the mass application era of clinical medicine. In the future, LiM Laser will continue to make efforts to continuously explore improvement and excellence, and provide users in the medical industry with more complete, more systematic and more comprehensive metal 3D printing overall solutions and full process services, writing a new chapter of development.