Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 3DMed project UK dissemination event was held online as part of the Online3D MedTech Printing Conference on the 2nd Feb 2021. This conference, which is...
In the domain of medical instruments, 3D printing is still in its infancy, although a few useful tools have already been developed. Examples include 3D printed steerable surgical forcipes suited...
Following the 3rd 3DMed constortium meeting at University of Oxford on 11 October 2019, the 4th consortium meeting was held online on 24 September 2020. It turned out to be...
The aim of this work package is to enable the production and validation of patient-specific prosthetic and orthotic devices with complex functionality. The current manufacturing of prosthetic and orthotic devices...
The Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials group (PBM group, Ghent, Belgium) has been developing novel, photocrosslinkable poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL), so-called Acrylate-endcapped Urethane-based PCL (AUP-PCL). AUP-PCLs are a class of biocompatible polymers that...
The group of Mechanics of Materials and Structures of Ghent University is involved in WP1 and WP4 of the 3DMED project. Our main responsibility is to develop FE models for...