Medical models

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• lgmjon64@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Not for that, but I printed a model of the brachial plexus to teach about nerve blocks. I also made a small section of a spine to explain epidurals and subarachnoid blocks to patients.

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• otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  One thing that comes to mind would be material for practice. You might need special filament to make it “realistic”?

  If you’re looking for a scale model of the organ system, that should exist and hopefully others know more :)

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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I suspect the most useful approach is to print a mold and cast using soft resin of some sort.

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    • MissJinx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yep this. 3d print works great for silicon casting

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    • topinambour_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And to cast it soft too.

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  • lgmjon64@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I don’t think realistic texture is all that important. Most of the practice is more about the technique and maintaining sterility throughout.

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    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Just to clarify, you don’t care about the sterility of specific part? Fdm prints in particular can’t be kept sterile.

      I assume you need it to be flexible-ish at the very least, which you might achieve with TPU, but I still say mold casting is the way to go.

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• karakoram@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Stratasys’ J850 totally has this capability. Full color printing with variable durometer elastomers.

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  • Kom@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thank you, I’ll check them out also.

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