Beak that was made with 3D printer that saved severe sea turtle

In the medical industry, researches and experiments incorporating 3D printers are under way, and in the past it was outputted by 3D printersAn inferior earYaWalking support machineAnd others appeared. Movement to introduce 3D printers is seen not only in humans but also in an animal medical field, and cases are reported in which a severely injured sea turtle jaw is created with a 3D printer and reinforced.

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Sea turtles that were caught in boat screws and were seriously injured were captured in Turkey and brought to Dalyan Iztuzu Pamukkale University (PAU), but because the left upper jaw and lower jaw were completely missing, We had to wait for recovery while giving up.


It is a company called BTech who got a voice to such a folding. BTech is working on the creation of various things making use of 3D printers, and among them, the creation of implants used for medical treatment was famous. Mr. Kuntay AKTA Ş, CEO of BTech, accepts the request of "beak of beach sea turtle", and proposes to make it free of charge, and the project of actually making a beak beak of a sea turtle with a 3D printer starts.

First, scan the whole face of the sea turtle and create 3D model with software called Mimics Innovation Suite. Based on that 3D model, we created a replica of the upper jaw and lower jaw parts that sea turtle has lost. It was very difficult to create a replica assuming the behavior of a beak of a sea turtle.


After obtaining the approval of the person in charge who actually performs surgery, BTech created a beak with titanium for medical use.


After that, surgery to embed the created beak was carried out, and surgery to transplant the beak created by the 3D printer to the sea turtle for the first time in the world was successful for the first time in the watching of the majority.


The progress of the sea turtle after surgery is going well, and during rehab during the time of May 14th. The behavior of the beak created by the 3D printer is no problem, and it is said that it will be returned to the sea when the fitness recovers.


The appearance of the sea turtle after transplanting the beak created by the 3D printer can be confirmed from the following movie.

Dünyada ilk defa bir caretta carettaya 3D ene protezi takıldı - YouTube


In the past students at Colorado Technical College, for the tortoise that injured the shell,Create a shell with a 3D printerAs I have done, the possibilities of 3D printers seem to extend to infinity as well.