Woman Receives the World's First 3D-Printed Skull
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Re: Woman Receives the World's First 3D-Printed Skull
#2I'm curious to know how they then attach that skull to the rest of her body. Is there a skin transplant that somehow lives on top of plastic? Do they just screw it into other bones to hold it into place? But what about the juncture, and how can you ensure nothing gets in at that juncture?
Re: Woman Receives the World's First 3D-Printed Skull
#3I'm curious to know how they then attach that skull to the rest of her body. Is there a skin transplant that somehow lives on top of plastic? Do they just screw it into other bones to hold it into place? But what about the juncture, and how can you ensure nothing gets in at that juncture?
I guess they screw it to the rest of the skull as this large picture shows http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/26/3d-printed-sk...
Re: Woman Receives the World's First 3D-Printed Skull
#4I wonder what are all the holes for.
Re: Woman Receives the World's First 3D-Printed Skull
#5I wonder what are all the holes for.
Ideas:
1. To allow liquid/air-bubbles past for easier installation, to be covered-over by another layer later.
2. For attaching the Meninges?
3. Screw holes?
Re: Woman Receives the World's First 3D-Printed Skull
#6I wonder what are all the holes for.
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Re: Woman Receives the World's First 3D-Printed Skull
#7Hopefully it's tough enough that she doesn't get killed by something dumb like a dictionary falling on her head.
Re: Woman Receives the World's First 3D-Printed Skull
#8It seems mean to give her a transparent skull, if that's the final product! I mean, it's pretty cool but not if you want to feel "normal" :)
Re: Woman Receives the World's First 3D-Printed Skull
#9It seems mean to give her a transparent skull, if that's the final product! I mean, it's pretty cool but not if you want to feel "normal" :)
I'd like to think they preserved her scalp / kept it in circulation and returned it to its position, but I have no idea if skin can be kept alive across this surface. Maybe that's what those holes in the printed piece are about, though? Or are you concerned that even with skin on top it'd alter the appearance due to different subsurface scattering?
Edit: Some additional info (note the English captions): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXcz3OdHSHk
Re: Woman Receives the World's First 3D-Printed Skull
#10I wonder what are all the holes for.
A little more here: