Nagoya City University develops 3D printed custom hip replacement technology

Release date: 2016-08-17

In many ways, Japan is a unique country, for example, it is the country with the highest proportion of the elderly. In fact, more than 33% of Japan's population is over 60 years old. In response to the challenges of aging, Japanese researchers have been working hard to develop new and more economical treatments for common diseases in the elderly.

Researchers from Nagoya City University believe that 3D printing technology may be the key to this process. So the school began to work with metal 3D printing startup J 3D to find an effective treatment for hip fractures and other hip-related complications, such as rheumatoid diseases. Because current artificial total hip arthroplasty is inefficient, costly, and error prone, they have begun to develop a 3D printed artificial hip joint that can be customized to the patient's specific conditions, thereby reducing complications. possibility.

This may be a very important innovation because hip fractures are a very common condition in the elderly. And because the number of Japanese people over the age of 65 will increase significantly in the next few decades, the demand for artificial total hip replacement surgery is expected to skyrocket.

The growing elderly population faces financial challenges in orthopedic surgery. Left Y-axis: market cost per 100 million yen; right Y-axis: proportion of elderly people per 10,000 people; green and purple: cost of conventional artificial joints and bone joining materials; light brown: predicted cost.

The possibility of various fractures in older women. Y-axis: annual occurrence (10,000 people/unit); X-axis: age. Different colors represent different fractures.

Specifically, Japanese researchers are looking to develop a hip joint solution that can be tailored to each patient's specific conditions to restore normal hip motion. According to Tiangong, the existing solution can also restore normal hip movement, but it often causes severe pain to the patient. The new 3D printing solution removes most of the pain through customization and perfect integration. More importantly, the integrity of the patient's skeletal structure has been adequately considered during the design process, in stark contrast to the artificial joints that are manufactured in batches that require the patient's bone structure to adapt.

Moreover, according to Japanese researchers, personalized implant solutions will also bring huge economic benefits. For a tailor-made artificial hip joint, the operation time is reduced and the patient recovers faster, so long-term hospitalization is not required, and the likelihood of residual bone structure degradation in the patient is also reduced. In addition, 3D printed implants have a longer life span, reducing the likelihood of subsequent surgery.

For Japan, this breakthrough may also reduce dependence on foreign imports (90% of related medical equipment needs to be imported.

It is understood that the scientists used these 3D printed hip joint solutions to use J 3D's metal 3D printing platform, while using many other medical 3D printing applications. For example, using the patient's CT data to create a 3D printed model.

Although Japanese researchers did not disclose when they plan to complete the development of 3D printed artificial hip joints, the same principles they have pointed out apply equally to other common joints, such as knees, shoulders and even the spine.

(Compiled from 3Ders.org)

Source: Tiangongshe

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