Leading Medical Teams Rely on SensAble 3D Modeling System to Speed Cranial and Maxillofacial Reconstruction
6/30/2008 Cardiff, Wales press release www.foxbusiness.com At the third annual conference on Advanced Digital Technology for Head and Neck Reconstruction today, SensAble Technologies, Inc, a leading provider of touch-enabled modeling solutions and haptic devices, and Majenta Solutions, an Authorized Reseller in the UK, showcased innovative uses of the FreeForm 3D modeling system for quickly creating patient-specific cranial and maxillofacial implants and prostheses. These include: - Orbital (eye socket) soft-tissue implants created by Morriston Hospital in South Wales - Surgical guides and soft-tissue, extra-oral prosthetics for eyes, ears and noses created by the University of Wales Institute - Cardiff's National Centre for Product Design & Development Research (PDR) - Custom titanium dental onlays to correct mandibular asymmetry made by the University of Sheffield's School of Clinical Dentistry Patients with cancer, trauma and congenital conditions often need custom implants with irregular or organic shapes. Traditionally medical teams carved wax, clay or gypsum models of patient-specific implants and prostheses - a time-consuming process requiring multiple iterations. Today teams are sculpting the same complex forms digitally with SensAble's FreeForm 3D modeling system and delivering them faster, with more accuracy and reducing the number of patient fittings. "FreeForm saved us at least 30 percent of the time it would have taken us to create our soft-tissue orbital implant versus working in wax," said Peter Evans, consultant in maxillofacial prosthetics at Morriston Hospital. "We see such potential in FreeForm that we formed a collaboration called CARTIS to further explore how digital 3D design can aid in [...]