Medical bone implants have already benefitted greatly from rapid prototyping and 3D printing technology. For the most part, though, these implants have come in the form of titanium or sturdy PEEK polymers. Such bone substitutes have been instrumental in improving the lives of people who had fallen victim to catastrophic injuries, but they still have not quite been able to fully replicate real bone structure. But now, thanks to something called CT-Bone, medical science is taking an even greater leap forward.
CT-Bone is made out of calcium phosphate, making it chemically similar to natural bones. The advantage of using such material is that it will actually fuse with existing bone within a few months, fully integrating with your body in ways that previous implants never could. Risk of your body developing an infection or rejecting your implant are substantially decreased as well.
This new technology shall soon be licensed in Europe.
