Baby Born Without Skull Saved With Artificial Skull

In the medical world, where technology is used to the extreme, biological parts printed with three-dimensional printers are gaining more and more place in our lives. 3D printing One of the most extreme cases in which the method was used was shared recently. An artificial skull was produced for a baby without a skull in Poland.

In the incident that took place last February, the baby in question was just what it should have been. with one-fifth skull came into the world. At the urgent request of the surgeons at the Upper Silesian Child Health Center in Katowice and the Polska Foundation, the Warsaw-based 3D printing company Sygnis took action. The artificial skull created was as follows:

Skull produced for baby:

Sygnis stated that after the baby’s files reached them, the two engineers started printing the skull necessary for the baby. The company shared that they use two different technologies in order not to risk the baby’s health. The first model of the skull selective laser sintering (SLS) technology, while the second model consists of layer-by-layer hardening of photosensitive resins. SLA technology Printed in 8 hours.

The printing with SLA technology was first done by experts for analysis and evaluation of the skull. After that, the team started to print the skull to be placed on the baby with SLS technology. While it is shared that there is a 4-day time frame for the baby’s surgery, the skull is subject to the demand. ready after 26 hours transferred.

While the details of the event have just been shared, experts have seen the baby with the skull placed. that several treatments will be required in the future shared. Because the 1 in 5 skull part, which is in his head at birth, will continue to develop and change constantly.