{"id":10344,"date":"2018-11-20T01:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T01:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/?p=10344"},"modified":"2018-11-20T06:40:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T06:40:14","slug":"mexican-students-develop-3d-printed-breast-prostheses-201120184","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/mexican-students-develop-3d-printed-breast-prostheses-201120184\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican students develop 3D breast prostheses"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year alone in the United States will more than 266,000 women be diagnosed with breast cancer.\u00a0This disease is the one that attacks most women in the world, and often leads to a mastectomy.\u00a0This process can be painful and difficult, so it is important to have the necessary support to cope. This\u00a0is where students from the University of Guadalajara, in Mexico, saw an opportunity: they created\u00a0the Cali Project and developed 3D breast prostheses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It is not the first time that we talk about the usefulness of\u00a03D printing<\/a>\u00a0for the treatment of various diseases.\u00a0In particular, when it comes to breast cancer, it has been discovered that additive manufacturing can\u00a0help its early detection<\/a>. At the University of Colorado in Boulder a research team working with NASA bioprinted cancer cells structures<\/a> to be able to better understand and develop a treatment for it.<\/p>\n

In Mexico, thousands of women are waiting to receive a prosthesis appropriate to their needs.\u00a0For this reason, Erick Mu\u00f1oz Arellano, student of chemical engineering at the University Center of Exact Sciences and Engineering of the University of Guadalajara, decided to get down to work and create 3D breast prostheses adapted to the needs of each patient.<\/p>

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Patient prosthesis.\u00a0Credits: Conacyt<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Development of 3D breast prostheses<\/h2>\n

To create the 3D model of the prosthesis, a 3D scan of the patient’s chest is performed, then the healthy sinus is measured and weighed to help modeling the prosthesis. This is used to later pass the 3D impression of the prosthesis.\u00a0Thanks to the printing materials used,\u00a0the prosthesis can be used in the water without fear of destruction<\/strong>\u00a0because it does not retain liquids inside.\u00a0You can have an ideal weight thanks to a gel camera that is placed inside of the prosthesis itself.<\/p>\n

“We carried out a diagnosis to evaluate the scars caused by the mastectomies<\/em>” he said.\u00a0“We also measure and weigh the healthy breast to obtain information, which is then used to develop a design with the necessary characteristics, and which can be printed<\/em>,” explained Erik Mu\u00f1oz further.<\/p>\n

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Prosthesis and gel chamber that is placed inside.\u00a0Credits: Conacyt<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Approximately 300 women volunteered for the first pilot tests.\u00a0There they were asked what improvements they need in their own prostheses.\u00a0From this first investigation they went on to develop five 3D breast prostheses designed for five different patients.\u00a0The conclusion of their studies was: it gives greater comfort, has greater durability (5 years) and\u00a0an approximate price of $ 4,500 Mexican pesos (about $ 221 US). Which is much lower than traditional prosthetics<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

The project is still in patent phase.\u00a0It is expected that commercialisation of 3D breast prostheses will start soon.\u00a0This will help increase the quality of life of many women at a much lower price than traditional prostheses.<\/p>\n

What do you think of the development of 3D printed breast prostheses?\u00a0Let us know what you think in a comment below or on our\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0pages!\u00a0Don\u2019t forget to sign up for our free weekly\u00a0Newsletter<\/a>, with all the latest news in 3D printing delivered straight to your inbox!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year alone in the United States will more than 266,000 women be diagnosed with breast cancer.\u00a0This disease is the one that attacks most women in the world, and often leads to a mastectomy.\u00a0This process can be painful and difficult,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6060,"featured_media":10346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,32,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-medical","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10344"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10349,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10344\/revisions\/10349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}