CAD-CAM-RTV - Lost-wax casting technology for medical implants

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-215

  De A Monteiro Ramos, Antnio Manuel ^a   Simes, Jos Antnio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Formed materials; Medical equipment; Prosthetic devices; Prototypes

Indexed keywords

BIOMANUFACTURING; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMEDICAL IMPLANTS; CAD MODELS; CASTING ALLOY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; FEMORAL PROSTHESIS; FORMED MATERIALS; HIP IMPLANTS; MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL IMPLANTS; METALLIC ALLOYS; PROSTHETIC DEVICES; PROTOTYPES; RAPID TOOLING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VACUUM CASTING; VIRTUAL MODELS; WAX CASTING; WAX MODELS;

ALLOYS; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MANUFACTURE; METAL ANALYSIS; PROSTHETICS; RUBBER; RUBBER APPLICATIONS; RUBBER MOLDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 68249093397     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540910960316     Document Type: Article

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