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L-10011 Revision 3 02 2014 Designing and Materialising Custom Skull Implant IDEE
L-10011 Revision 3 02 2014 Designing and Materialising Custom Skull Implant IDEE
After a serious accident, a woman was taken to the hospital with severe head trauma. She
was in critical condition for days when her surgeon decided to perform a craniotomy to
release the pressure on her brain. This resulted in a cranial defect that she lived with for
three years. When the surgical team decided to do a reconstruction, her scalp had already
tightened over the defect. This made it impossible to simply implant a copy of the healthy
side of her skull. After considering several options, they turned to the Mimics Innovation
Suite to design a patient-specific implant that would allow the available skin to cover the
implant. With this technique, they were able to restore the symmetry of her forehead while
covering the defect, protecting the brain and sparing her unnecessarily discomfort.
1) views expressed in 2006 by Ing. Maikel Beerens, current CEO of Xilloc Medical, who is not
affiliated to Materialise
Regulatory Information:
Mimics Innovation Suite currently consists of the following medical device software components: Mimics version 16 and 3-matic version 8 (released 2013). Mimics is intended for use as a
software interface and image segmentation system for the transfer of imaging information from a medical scanner such as a CT scanner or a Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanner. It is also
used as pre-operative software for simulating /evaluating surgical treatment options. 3-matic is intended for use as software for computer assisted design and manufacturing of medical exo-
and endo-prostheses, patient-specific medical and dental/orthodontic accessories and dental restorations.
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