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3D technology
for custom-made systems
LISI MEDICAL continues to explore the benefits of
ALM technology (Additive Layer Manufacturing)
in particular to propose prescriptive devices and
implants, developed to measure for specific
diseases. They can be prescribed for resumption
of an existing implant (second-line surgery), in
the case of a bone tumor, or to meet specific
anatomical problems (bone defect, etc.). Two
custom-made devices produced with ALM helped
successfully treat the second-line correction of
an elbow prosthesis and laying of a cup provided
with tectal plates, in a patient with a serious bone
defect. The development of this technology allows
LISI MEDICAL to bid for increasingly complex and
specific invitations to tender.
Gains / Benefits
- Specific anatomical problem
- Implant correction
Tests of PECM machining
technologies
LISI MEDICAL conducted a number of tests
focused on Precise Electrochemical Machining –
PECM technology. This process allows to produce
parts with complex geometries ensuring very
precise dimensions and polished mirror-like
surface conditions without the use of lubricant.
The experiment will be continued into 2017 on
various materials with the laboratories of the Carnot
Institutes.
Gains / Benefits
- Complex geometry parts
- Accuracy
- Lubricant exemption
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