ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF CUSTOMIZED CRANIAL IMPLANTS

V današnjem času se vse pogosteje izdelujejo izdelki, ki so namenjeni samo določeni osebi. Medicina je eno od področij, kjer so potrebe po individualnih izdelkih še posebej izrazite. Pri izdelavi takšnih izdelkov si največkrat pomagamo s tehnikami s področja hitre izdelave prototipov in hitre izdelave orodij. Diplomsko delo prikazuje primer teh tehnik za izdelavo lobanjskega vsadka. Namen lobanjskega vsadka je zapolniti praznino v lobanji, ki je lahko posledica tako poškodbe kot tudi bolezni. Rezultat diplomskega dela je bil izdelan lobanjski vsadek, ki so ga vgradili pacientki v Univerzitetnem kliničnem centru v Mariboru.Nowadays custom made, bespoke products are very often demanded. Medicine is one of the fields where individualized products are much desired or even crucial. Production of custom made products requires some special, modern techniques like Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling. The Diploma work describes the use of both of them for cranial implant manufacture. The main indication for cranial implant\u27s use is to replace the missing part of the skull after injury or illness. The result of this work was a cranial implant, which was implanted into the skull of patient at the University Clinical Center in Maribor