| 1. Introduction |
- Historical evolution of additive manufacturing (AM) in the biomedical sector.
- Benefits of AF: time and cost reduction, lightening, ergonomic improvements, personalised medicine.
- Applications of AF to biomedical products: implants, orthoses, pre-operative models and tooling.
- Ethical and legal aspects related to AF in the biomedical field. |
| 2. Functional design of biomedical products |
- CADCAM platforms for design and manufacturing
- Stages in the design of biomedical products: Definition of functional requirements, preliminary design, optimisation, final design. |
| 3. Biomaterials for additive manufacturing (AM). |
- Ceramics: HA, tricalcium phosphate (TCP). Other calcium phosphates (CaPs). Bioglass. Ceramic composites.
- Metallics: noble metals, Ti6Al4V, TiNi. 316L, Co-Cr, CoCrMo. Mg alloys. Metal matrix composites.
- Polymers: natural biopolymers. Synthetic biopolymers. Polymer-ceramic composites.
- Advanced biomaterials for AF. |
| 4. Additive manufacturing technologies applied to biomedical products. |
- Fused deposition modeling (FDM)
- Tank or vat light curing (SLA)
- Powder bed fusion (SLS)
- Binder injection (BJ)
- Localized energy deposition (DED)
- Electron beam powder bed melting (EBM)
- Bioprinting
- Multi-material and hybrid manufacturing.
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| 6. Design and manufacturing project |
- Study cases
- Initial design: particular conditioning factors. Topological optimization
- Initial printing tests: Influence of deposition parameters on properties.
- Manufacture of parts.
- Analysis of the results obtained. Lessons learned
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