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3D Printing human body parts

Physical 3D printed model of Heart, for surgical pre op planning, file with permission from 3D systems medical director

3D Printing human body parts

On the first course of its kind, sharing and collaboration internationally with others international experts received a Certificate in Bioprinting: 3D Printing human body parts, link through the night.

3D printing is enabling life-saving and transforming medical procedures, which were unthinkable a few years ago?

Stem Cells harvested from new Born's Umbilical cords, which are a Blank canvas for DNA, and have many applications in Bio 3D printing in health care, Burns victims survival rate increase dramatically when Bioprinting skin is applied to Burns. (being turned into mobile devices) and SLA Scaffold models are used to grow skin tissue of human ear lobs which are especially difficult for plastic surgeons to create as they require multiple operations to skin graft the three dimensional form.

SLA Scaffold with liver cell models pioneered at MIT with over a million cells have the potential to test new Cancer drugs on the patients own liver cells toxicology for possible reaction to new drugs.

Medical advances Bionic Man see digital engineering

Middle East: Maker Space for prosthetic limbs

The Innocent are affected the most in times of conflict at the moment in the Ukraine, Israel and Gaza in Palestine reminds us for Engineers in maker communities to support refugee projects with grass root training and provide humanitarian aid and Medical support. i.e. projects to build prosthetic limbs link

Congratulated Dr Nasim Golafshan on her Global Mimics Innovation Award 2022. 3D-Printed Regenerative Magnesium Phosphate Implant Ensures Stability and Restoration of Hip Dysplasia

Afterwards Materialise invited me to submit my work to the Awards.

in 2003, working in high value industry as production CAD CAM master model maker, I was SLA Beta tester increasing the resolution and reducing the cost of the industrial technology behind Bio mechanical engineering in planing such complex surgical procedures, working in the high security lab workshops environment of Europes largest Platinum jewellery casting company in Birminghams historic jewellery Quarter.

As the sole operator side project, didn't let be commercialised.

Received Official clearance from the US Headquarters of 3D Systems to be BETA tester, supported by British SLA engineers involved in F1 and Aerospace.

To escape the windowless building had lunch alone in the local cemetery contemplating how to improve survival rates and lower the costs of healthcare. walking the Canal to the workshops a vagrant offering me a job selling the Big Issue with him.

3D Systems VIPER Si2 official industrial SLA beta tester, jewellery CAD CAM model making department Weston Beamor, Birmingham England.

CT Scanner

Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield Nobel Prize winning invention of Computed Tomography (CT) is now a cornerstone of healthcare. CT scans use rotating X-rays to create cross-sectional images which can then be combined with computers to create a 3D image. STFC

Example of Viper Si2 in use

3D Systems VIPER Si2 SLA System

Successfully increased the layer Accuracy of the 3D Systems VIPER si2™ SLA® system£100k device unlocking higher Accuracy to vertical High Resolution of 0.025mm 25 microns found in devices costing £1m at the time. Making the Viper Si2 the first stereolithography system to provide standard and high-resolution build modes in one package.

Reducing the cost of technology improving functional design and aesthetics, and the user experience In healthcare.

The update was then distributed  to devices Globally reducing the cost of industrial SLA, (side project carried out for free)

around this time moved away from the city and lived with my 80 year old grand mother providing her live in care support, arranging occupational theorist, making required changes to her home, company rarely going out wrote the SOP Standard operating procedure and industry White paper on CAD. and she got to see a 700 year old Royal Charter printed on my writing.

Wrote SOP Standard Operating Procedure for 3D Systems VIPER Si2 upgrade to HR High Resolution Oct 2003

SLA liquid ultraviolet curable photopolymer "resin" the Clear ACCURA ® 60 with QuickCast patterns, option for direct Investment Casting Titanium and ACCURA ® AMETHYST ™ for pattern making for RTV, HTV & direct casting.

Modern industrial SLA devices now have two solid state lasers reducing build time, and the Zephyr ™ recoater blade no longer uses a vacuum of resin to break surface tension.

Materialise Mimics

Materialise sent me Mimics innovation suite Version 7.3, medical imagine to 3D model software, online training more recently on version 23 used for extracting bone and tissue density from DICOM Data creating separate colour STL models.

 

Viper Si2 Case study of the Skull Models link, invited to the RCA Royal College of Art by the technician and I explained the Mexican fuses used which are replaced when oxidized.

Mimic Z for ZCorp 3D printers Projet 660 pro formally ZCorp 650 pro

Example 3D Systems SLA conjoined twins pre surgery model. 2003, SLA Pre Surgery model Center. Stereocol™ Resin Materilise Mimics Version 7.3

Ibrahim Twins, Born in rural Egypt, 500 miles south of Cairo in June 2001 Cared for at University of Cairo Hospital from birth to 6 months, At 6 months of age, sent to US for evaluation of separation they where awaiting surgical separation summer 2003 (same period the upgrade took place)

“In cases of unusual anatomical variations resulting from congenital or acquired deformities, trial operations can be done on an anatomically accurate SLA biomodel preoperatively. The SLA biomodelling technique also enables preoperative adaptation of splints, templates, grafts, prostheses, and appliances for internal fixation.”

Arvier, J. F. et al, Maxillofacial biomodelling, British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 32(5):276-283, Oct 1994.

Note* CAD CAM master models maker for Weston Beamor, Europe's largest Platinum Jewellery casting company, in the heart of Birmingham's historic jewellery quilter the owner a Magistrate was a Radiologist before she took over the family business and the building had been used to manufacture X-Ray equipment.

A myriad of design developments went on to take place globally in Universities and 3D print bureau's using the device if you use an asthma inhaler, nebuliser, or diabetes blood sugar testing devices chances are it was developed on it, build pre-op models used in planning to increase surgery success rates and explain procedures to patients, develop tools. the device continues to be used in education and medical design development globally.

human factors for better design in aesthetics and user experience.

prototype medical devices 2022, medical cell has a Viper machine that produces SLA parts in Accura Clear Vue, which has been tested for USP Class VI use, making parts suitable for patient contact

Examples

Orthodontic

the invisible braces are called Invisalign®️ Orthodontic treatment plans, recent Doctoral thesis on Viper Si2 models and Mouth Wash

Bayer Healthcare examples

Diabetes blood sugar test device prototyped on the Viper Si2

Wrote white paper on CAD now held by NHS Digital

Two White papers were combined and published in 2005, Diagrams of part Orientation, Slice files and support generation. Alloys Gold is not rejected by the Human body and Platinum has similar properties to Titanium which is used in Medical I.e left hand right hand rules and surface normals.

Author of White paper demystifying technical terminology…

NHS Digital the national provider of information, data and IT systems for commissioners, analysts and clinicians in health and social care in England, hold a copy of the my industry White paper on CAD Computer Aided Design, designed to demystifying the technical terminology associated with the 3D CAD industry, for computational modeling and simulation (CM&S) Met NHS Digital through STFC

For the Love of God: Damien Hirst

For context in fine Art sculpture by artist Damien Hirst produced For the Love of God in 2007. It consists of a platinum cast of an 18th-century human skull encrusted with 8,601 flawless diamonds, including a pear-shaped pink diamond located in the forehead that is known as the Skull Star Diamond.

The head of pathology for the London medical University Hospitals called on me to help organize 3d scanning of object for training medical professionals, and nights collaborating internationally while on first course on bio 3D printing human body parts, Assisted a West African UEL medical forensics graduate, supply of medical reference books to Africa. Materialise Latin America recently inquired what I would like to develop.

"In the hands of an Artist" Lee Dockstader head of 3D Systems Medical division

Models for the training of medical students  the 3D printed model can be infiltrated / finished with properties of bone and inside the model be printed in colour i.e red to indicate bone marrow for practice depth of drilling.

I was Trained by top tier engineer on Projet range 660 Pro, CJP ColorJet Printing formerly Z Corp. at 3D Systems training center Joué-l'Abbé near la mans France as Bespoke was Beta tested there.

Affordable pre surgery model: Bespoke

2013 First tweet as 3D Printing Specialist at LGS was on 3D Systems Cloud based affordable $25 pre-surgery medical CAD models from DICOM scan data and was picked up by a presenter for Science Channel in the US.

Beta Testing Being Carried out while in France at La Mans

Bespoke Pre-Op bone model - 3D Systems Projet 660 Pro medical model

 

As company salesmen competed with each other for sales and commission. When spare parts were unobtainable, I created an engineer support network for share parts throughout resellers for this device. Pick up the phone and have consumable supplies and spare parts on my desk in an hour.

Consumables supplies including Swabs, Gloves, filters Spare parts

Trained in DeskArtes Oct 2001 at Birmingham University engineering centre Millennium Point shortly before Queen Elizabeth II official opening, following 9/11 at its height, drunken Rugby fans set fire to their hotel room where I was staying causing an evacuation during the night during training.

Industry supplier of 3D Systems Projet 660 Pro, install, training and tech support, Bespoke Pre-Op bone model - 3D Systems Projet 660 Pro, affordable pre- surgery planning models, reducing operation time and improving success rates.

Lead the 3D printing decision for LGS, department of one person myself. Covering every aspect of hardware and software training and installation, servicing, supply of consumables and marketing.

IMakr ProJet 660 Pro Servicing

Became a partner for Materialise Magics 20 the most powerful data and build preparation software for AM additive manufacturing industry.in 2016.

 

As an Authorised 3D Systems Reseller for the Creative industries in London, Providing Technical Training, Servicing and consumables for the 3D Systems Projet 660 Pro, using 3D Systems print platform 3DPrint software, training, and Preparation of VRML, STL, IGES, STEPS, ZPR and ZBD files.

CJP ColorJet Printing formerly Z Corp. sand stone full CYMK colour 3D printing, includes Lic with Johanna Manai's DeskArtes ZEdit Pro software.

Analysis of CYMK 3D printing colour accuracy: Medical Models

Actor Ariyon Bakare who was in Doctors

Met the actor British Nigerian actor Ariyon Bakare when he played a doctor on tv drama we discussed technology used in medical developments and future plans, on a slow train journey from Birmingham to London and followed his career with great interest.

Soap opera play an important role informing the public on issues they have little knowledge of.

With my aspirations for 3D printing models in the third World, When the patients of industrial FDM 3D printing expired in 2009 and open source and consumer devices developed and improved to become available prices dropped from £10,000 to £1000.

I provided training and technical support for the Worlds largest Consumer 3D printing store, who provide 3D printing solutions for grass roots training of hobbyists and trainee engineers. and was involved in promoting cloud based affordable DICOM data processing software.

Podcast

At launch of World’s first consumer retail 3D printing shop iMakr store in London, in May 2013..

Presenters include Director Ultimaker GB Ltd / CREATE Education Project devices shown in the Article on 3D printing in hospitals below.

Refugee Maker Space

Sept 2015 sent training material to the organisers establishing a Maker Space for the manufacture of prosthetic limbs for the 80 thousand+ amputees from the conflict in Syria, in the Worlds largest refugee camp located in Jordan. refugee openware link

Middle East Maker Space
To the best of my knowledge the project was visited the members of the British Royal Family

 

In the Fall of 2018, Mercy Corps' field team in Jordan undertook a bold initiative to test the use of 3D printing at the Zaatari Refugee Camp Link

A group of surgeons from King's College Hospital - NHS Foundation Trust who explained they where never allowed to do the things I was doing (6 stages of checks before any change can be made in medical) also to protect their hands, craftsman/woman often have their hands in their pockets because of cuts and burns which accumulate from years in the workshop.

2018 article published Alert The official magazine of MSF Doctors Without Borders Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières USA.  Medical aid org working globally to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe. http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org

Testing Custom 3-D Printed Prosthetics for Refugees: article link

"MSF’s reconstructive surgery program in Amman responds to the mounting needs across the Middle East, as thousands of people have suffered grievous war-related injuries in the course of the region’s widening spirals of violence. In Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), where years of conflict and political unrest have overwhelmed local health systems"

Founder and Director of RPS link, the British engineers behind the Neo® stereolithography device 3D printing Global leader in Polymer Additive Manufacturing Solutions, provider of industrial 3D printing hardware, material and support solutions, which drive industries to transform digital manufacturing and industrial production.

"We have been working with John Robertson of VerticesEdge Ltd several years, he is an industry recognised level of expertise in the following areas: Creative design Skills, Technical knowledge CAD Design, Additive manufacture, 3D Printing Colour." June 2018

RPS Rapid Prototyping support developers of the Neo® stereolithography, Stratasys aquired RPS provider of best-in-class stereolithography. Feb 2021 Car wheel rim produced on RPS Neo 800.

Consumer grade SLA device Form 1 using Bluray laser to cure resin, EnvisionTech used DLP Digital Light Projector technology in 2003 with a bulb correction filter for even light, today the Form 4 uses a antialiasing filters for surface quality.

Consumer SLA Form 1 had issues with surface quality the blu ray laser module used had a optical issue with becoming elliptical affecting surface accuracy quality

Sustainable consumables

Prof Persad paper in the Caribbean medical journal linkpoints to the need for training of Radiographers / Other Medical Professionals, and Materialise mimics point to close collaboration between 3D printing technician and Radiographers.

I met local medical sonographerultrasound technicians and discussed medical imaging DICOM file data, volumetric pixels called Voxels into 3D CAD model using STL file for 3D Printing, used for creating model of fetus for blind pregnant mothers to be. FreeOpen source medical imaging link Software and Training for 3D slicer link and MeshLab link.

Sustainable consumables

During Covid Prof Persad link highlighted the need for low cost sustainable consumables and the current focus on medical personalised pre-surgery planning models using affordable consumer fused deposition modeling (FDM) recycling the plastic waste bottles Class 7 recyclable, extruding filament which they currently have the technology. (carried out for free) i.e. recent Dyson award winning humanitarian project Polyformer link similar to the old soft Yakult probiotics containers where used to create comfort fit for prosthetic limbs in Africa.

Profiteering that takes place within NHS healthcare

One small medical cleaning product cost me to order £2 and was sold for £5, during a visit to the major trauma Hospital a male nurse informed me that A&E was closed because they ran out funds and informed me the item cost them £100 each, Taking funds from vital services.

Example: 2005 Addenbrooke’s Hospital CT for The Fitzwilliam Museum "Scans seemed to show some interesting carpentry"

Watching the CJP ColorJet 3D Printer finish the build of objects which had not been seen in thousands of years, MRI scan to 3D print artifacts inside unopened Egyptian sarcophagus at the British Museum. National geographic.

In the Caribbean a police officer mentioned in passing they found the coffins of three children, hope to have clearly documented here how they can be inspected without opening. quantum theory whats inside the box.

MRI scan to 3D print

Bureau Printing service included processing MRI medical scan of an Egyptian sarcophagus, not disturbing the artifacts inside not seen for thousands, using Brazilian opensource DICOM software the scanned objects where then 3D printed on the LGS's 3D Systems Projet 660 Pro and displayed at an Exhibition at the British Museum. Small Jar shapes and curved thin stick shape.

Production manager iMakr

“His special attention, precision, responsible manner, know - how and willingness to always do what was required to ensure the smooth running of the 3D printing service could be relied upon”

Regional Pain Syndrome

Limb damage can cause Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) which can and lead to substance misuse, phantom pain can be relieved by helping the mind rationalize the missing limb by using a box with mirrors reflecting the other limb.

Having lived with CRPS for over two years in agony to walk following damage to the nurses and ligaments in ankle to walk, some suffers opt to amputate, I choose the pain instead of alcoholism or addiction to prescription pain killers or illegal drugs.

Had a boil in my ear in Trinidad my first visit and was prescribed Diazepam a medication with a risk for abuse and addiction, I had seen with my own eyes elderly housewife unable to sit still from addiction and central nervous system damage, needless to say i didn’t take them.

Partnership with Stratasys Platinum partner. PolyJet™ 3D printing training provider.

Met Ricoh in the London Corporate Head Quilters and discussed the establishment of the 3D printing division, which In the last 18 months, the company has received FDA 510(k) clearance for the development of patient-specific anatomic models.

GRAVITY jetpack delivering Emergency personal, Transporting Medics short distances over sea and Land Mines, Parts produced by Ricoh

Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery EBM

Invited to visit DePuy Synthes a franchise of Johnson and Johnson Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery production centre in Leeds, during clean room preparation for Electron Beam Manufacturing (EBM)

Member of IMechE Rapid Prototyping Manufactures Association (RPMA) Coventry University carried out and  presented research on Arcam Electron Beam Manufacturing (EBM) and went on to establish MTC the National Advanced Manufacturing Centre. (See Eng)

NHS Scotland Global Citizenship

When I was a small boy my Grandfather donated the ground floor of his home to the British Red Cross, today it is the NHS National Health Service centre for volunteering for the West Coast, Ayrshire Scotland.

Pharmaceutical industry packaging rebranding, Flu Virus 4 for launch event

Pharma lunch and learn

Held Lunch and Learn event for the leading Pharmaceutical packaging design company, on the subject of Medical 3D printing and advances in Bio 3D Printing, their are 6 Pharma companies in the World all brands are subsidiaries of.

Arranged 3D scanning of small object (jewellery 3D scanner) for training of medical professionals for the head of pathology at University Hospitals London.

Within Medical software

at TCT Met the team at Within Medical software a 3D printing orthopedic implant design software that enables designers to create medical implants to aid osseointegration, a surgical procedure that aims to offer better quality of life and improved function and mobility to people who have had an amputation.
Within Medical now acquired by Autodesk and implemented in Fusion 360 Link

Arranged Fusion 360 training for university see education

Within Medical Is being used the granular surface allows for tissue and bone to better form to the surface

nTop and 3MF

at MTC had Q&A and later spoke with the founder of nTopology on 3MF file format developed by Microsoft from the open standard AMF additive manufacturing file format.

nTopology medical design

Part of the 3MF Consortium replacing the STL file format in manufacturing 3MF is more than mesh it accesses addition extensions including materials.

Stages of making a 3D Printed model of infant size Heart

Interviewed by GQ magazine at the hight of newspaper hype, on 3D printing being everyone’s home, explained it wouldn’t because of a number of issues including health and safety and the level of technical skills understanding required. Deemed not editorial. So made something to explain the stages see jewellery and silversmithing

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