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I would assume that titanium has a higher density than bone and rib bones aren't that large to begin with. Making them larger and thereby heavier would probably
by DasIch 11y ago
I would assume that titanium has a higher density than bone and rib bones aren't that large to begin with. Making them larger and thereby heavier would probably cause a few problems.
- carbocation 11y agoIt may also be for the purpose of simulating to some degree the flexibility of the ribs at each level.
- dghughes 11y agoTitanium 4.5g/cubic cm versus human bone at 1.85g/cubic cm.
- cornewut 11y agoYou could make the titanium parts hollow. That would solve the density problem.
- akiselev 11y ago3d printing with metals allows for much more complicated geometries but it's not magic, there are still significant limitations, doubly so when you're talking about implants. For example, there would have to be perforations for extracting the raw material from inside the hollow interior (probably titanium powder in this case) which means that you now have a hard to post process implant (titanium isn't exactly bioinert) with an exponentially greater surface area for possible autoimmune reactions or infections and an interior that is probably damn near impossible to sterilize (since you'd probably honeycomb the walls).
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