• 2/15/2005
  • United Kingdom
  • British Journal of Healthcare Computing and Information Management

The University of Loughborough has won a grant from the Department of Health to develop new techniques for tailor-made reconstructive implants.

The new techniques should help patients suffering from bone disease, oral cancer, congenital defects and traumatic injuries. The R&D team will focus its efforts on developing rapid prototyping from 3D computer-assisted design (CAD) systems integrated into medical imaging systems such as CT and MRI.

The DoH’s New and Emerging Applications of Technology (NEAT) funding programme has awarded the University over £230,000 for the two-year project. It will be led by Dr Russell Harris of the University’s Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. The team are basing their development around an implant-production method called laser sintering.