This 3D printing black technology is bringing human bones back to life

Everyone has probably heard about "Broken bones ” or the helplessness of “bone defect”. Traditional treatment methods are often like carrying out a "civil engineering project" on the body: either "tear down the east wall and repair the west wall" from other parts of the body (autologous bone transplantation), which will double the suffering. ; Or implant a cold metal titanium plate. Although it is strong, it will never truly become a part of your body, and you may even face the pain of a second surgery due to "overdue service".

Could it be that with the development of science and technology today, when faced with bone injuries, we can only choose to be an "Iron Man"?

The answer is: No. The future of bone repair is to let the bones "grow" out on their own.

The game-changing “ultimate material”: bioceramics

In the medical world, a group of scientists and doctors have set their sights on a miraculous substance—— bioceramics . It is not the porcelain bowl we use to eat at home, but a cutting-edge material composed of hydroxyapatite (HA), beta-tricalcium phosphate (beta-TCP) or bioactive glass. These ingredients may sound obscure, but they have one amazing property in common: Their chemical composition is very similar to natural human bone.

3D printed bioceramic bone scaffold: a leap from microscopic pores to macroscopic bone repair. Source: ResearchGate

When bioceramics are implanted into the body, the body's immune system will not reject it as a "foreign body", but will warmly welcome it. What’s even more amazing is that as time goes by, this kind of ceramic will slowly dissolve in the body like ice and snow. Degradation , and the new bone cells will crawl and grow step by step along the channels it builds. Finally, The ceramic disappears and is replaced by your own new, intact bones.

3D printing: Customize a "fine-decorated room" for bone cells

Since bioceramics are so good, why haven't they been popularized on a large scale before? Because traditional ceramic processing is too difficult. Bone is not a solid stone; it is filled with complex micropores, blood vessels, and nerve channels. If this "microporous structure" of cancellous bone cannot be created, bone cells will not be able to live in it, and blood vessels will not be able to grow in. Until the perfect encounter between "3D printing" and "bioceramics".

With the help of high-precision 3D printing technology (such as light-curing SLA, slurry extrusion DIW, etc.), scientists can achieve true 3D printing based on the patient’s CT data. "Tailor-made" :

• 100% perfect fit: Whether it is an irregular skull defect caused by a car accident or a complex maxillofacial deformity, 3D printing can accurately restore the patient's missing bone contours.
• Precision micron-sized pores: The printer can knit 300-500 micron pores inside the ceramic just like knitting a sweater. This is the "golden size" most suitable for bone cells to live in and angiogenesis.
• A combination of strength and softness: It not only ensures the mechanical strength required to support the body, but also has excellent biological activity.

This is no longer a cold medical device, this is a "microscopic scaffolding" customized for life and full of vitality.

From orthopedics to medical beauty, it is subverting these fields

Technology lights up the light of life

In the past, when we dealt with physical injuries, we were always doing "addition and subtraction": removal, implantation, and fixation. And bioceramic 3D printing allows us to see "Eternal Life" Multiplication . It complies with the natural laws of life and uses technology to awaken the body's own repair instinct.

Let technology be warmer and leave no regrets in life. Zhufa Precision Ceramics Committed to deep cultivation of bioceramics 3D printing technology uses precision manufacturing to reshape bones and protect human health with innovative technology. We firmly believe that the future of medical care will no longer be a cold replacement, but a warm reshaping.

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