#trumpf

[citizenstephie]

Updates about the TikTok ban/relight … a lot of people thought that TikTokers were being dramatic. We were forced to say “unalive” “pew-pew” and “grape”… now it’s a community violation to say that Meta sucks.

[denbo66]

It's TACO Tuesday.

Here's a Serving Suggestion.

[slack-wise]

[the-demure-abstract]

On Friday, Mr. Biden urged people, particularly women, to vote in November, saying the "fastest way" to restore Roe begins at the ballot box. 

"We need two additional pro-choice senators and a pro-choice House to codify Roe as federal law," the president said. Your vote can make that a reality."

[mudwerks]

take a seat, sis

start looking for a new meal ticket, this one’s about done

[materialsworld]

3D-printed titanium face implant

A sample of a 3d-printed titanium face implant. Image credit: Conmet

By Anthony Caggiano

Russian medical device manufacturer Conmet has been using 3D printing technology to produce implants. 

Among them was an implant for a person who had bone cancer, and needed to have a section of their skull replaced. In this case, titanium was the feedstock. 

Traditionally, creating implants involves the surgeon cutting the  craniomaxillofacial implant out of a perforated titanium plate during the procedure and then shaping to size. 

Trumpf, the company that produced the 3D printer Conmet used, said this is a taxing task where the time pressure can have a negative impact on the quality of fit. Such procedures are much easier with a 3D-printed implant. 

‘First, the hospital determines the patient’s data and sends it to Conmet. Its engineers draw on this data to create a CAD model and design the implant in consultation with the surgeon. Then the 3D printer can go to work,’ a Trumpf statement read.  

‘The implant is ready for insertion, precisely fitted and cleaned, before the procedure begins. This enhances patient safety while cutting costs and speeding up surgery.’ 

The system makes light work of the kind of complex topologies that implants often require. The implant’s porous structures facilitate the ingrowth of healthy tissue. 

An example of such an implant printed with titanium was shown at the EMO Hannover, Germany, preview in July 2019. 

Above: A sample of a face implant. Image credits: IOM3

Trumpf Spokesperson Additive Manufacturing Ramona Hönl told Materials World the implant is attached with screws and long-term attachment is provided via bone growth. 

Perforations in the part allow for heat regulation, therapeutic access to soft tissue, and connectivity between skin tissue placed on top of the implant and tissue below the implant.

Hönl explained how the data is collected from the patient and sent to the manufacturer. 

‘Everything is digital. The healthy half of the patient’s head is scanned by CT computed tomography. In a CAD programme, the healthy side is mirrored to the defective side. The mirrored healthy side provides the outer contour of the later implant. The exact shape is derived from the defect in collaboration between the medical doctor and the biomedical engineer.’

There are therapeutic benefits to this method as well. 

‘The main factor with respect to invasiveness is a faster intervention. A personalised implant is designed based on three dimensional patient data, so the fit is already given. The time previously spent during an intervention on fitting is reduced to zero. A faster intervention is less demanding and less risky to the patient.’  

[daisies-in-confusion]

Found this gem

[floopyswa6]

The stylish Adler Trumpf Junior Sport

Picture is dated 1937