Officials said on Thursday that researchers from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) and the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) have collaboratively created the first patient-specific titanium mesh cranial prosthesis, which will typically shorten surgery time by 15 minutes.
The first titanium mesh cranial prosthesis made specifically for a patient was created by experts from the Mechanical Engineering Department, NIT Srinagar, and SKIMS Soura, according to a spokesman for the institute. He said that the research teams made advantage of the NIT Srinagar’s available computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing resources to achieve their goals. The patient-specific titanium mesh cranial prosthesis was successfully installed in a patient at SKIMS on July 1 and will shorten the surgical time by 15 minutes, according to the spokesman. The project used the patient’s CT scan data as input to create the project’s anatomy. He said that the prosthesis was created using 3-Matic software, and the 3D model was created using MIMICS software.
The prototype was created using the mechanical engineering department’s cutting-edge computer-controlled Fortus 450mc Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) machine from Stratasys USA, according to a spokesman.
In order to reconstruct the anatomical features of the patient’s head who had met with an accident a few months earlier in Kashmir, the commercially available titanium mesh, medical grade 1, was bent on the produced skull prototype made of ABS-M30i, he stated. The neurosurgeon’s conventional titanium shearing procedure was completed well before the surgery, according to the spokesman, which cut the intraoperative surgery time for a defect of size 36 sq cm2 in half.
Rakesh Sehgal, the director of NIT Srinagar, declared that the institution will constantly take the lead in innovations that will benefit the general public. “The research connection that NIT Srinagar has established over the past few years with many institutions throughout the world is producing fruitful outcomes. We are devoted to using technology to benefit society and improve the quality of life for ordinary people “said he.
