Research on seamless development of surgical instruments based on biological mechanisms using CAD and 3D printer

Ikuo Yamamoto; Ren Ota; Rui Zhu; Murray Lawn; Takakazu Ishimatsu; Takeshi Nagayasu; Naoya Yamasaki; Katsunori Takagi; Takehiko Koji

doi:10.3233/BME-151321

Research on seamless development of surgical instruments based on biological mechanisms using CAD and 3D printer

Biomed Mater Eng. 2015:26 Suppl 1:S341-5. doi: 10.3233/BME-151321.

Authors

Ikuo Yamamoto¹, Ren Ota², Rui Zhu¹, Murray Lawn³, Takakazu Ishimatsu¹, Takeshi Nagayasu⁴, Naoya Yamasaki⁴, Katsunori Takagi⁴, Takehiko Koji³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mechanical Science, Nagasaki University Graduate School, 1-14 Bunkyomachi, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan.
² Department of Engineering, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyomachi, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan.
³ Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamotomachi, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamotomachi, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan.

PMID: 26406021
DOI: 10.3233/BME-151321

Abstract

In the area of manufacturing surgical instruments, the ability to rapidly design, prototype and test surgical instruments is critical. This paper provides a simple case study of the rapid development of two bio-mechanism based surgical instruments which are ergonomic, aesthetic and were successfully designed, prototyped and conceptually tested in a very short period of time.

Keywords: 3D-printer; CAD simulation; rapid prototyping; surgical instruments.

MeSH terms

Animals
Biomimetics / instrumentation*
Computer Simulation
Computer-Aided Design*
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Fishes / physiology
Models, Theoretical*
Printing, Three-Dimensional / instrumentation*
Research Design
Surgical Instruments*