HIP JOINT CT SCAN DATA TO FABRICATION PROCESS USING 3D PRINTING MACHINE FOR DEMONSTRATION OF MEDICAL PURPOSE

Abstract

Human hip joint is the one of the most complex joint in the body. Now a day’s, many people are facing problems with hip pain. It is due to decrease in calcium content in the bones and wear in the hip joint. In order to reduce the hip pain doctors choose to replace original hip joint with artificial hip joint. Trial and error method is adopted by the doctors during the selection of artificial hip joint, which is almost similar to the original hip joint. Artificial hip joints are different sizes which suits the patient is preferred by the doctors, which increases the operation cost as well as time to perform the operation .The artificial joint one must fulfil the requirements of biocompatibility, stability and mobility. Artificial hip joint with Ti-6Al-4V material can be manufactured traditional method as per the dimensions requires more cost and time. It is difficult to visualize for medical demonstration. In such adverse conditions it provides a quick and precise solution to the problem. CT scan data of hip joint is used to fabricate the prosthetic part on 3D printing machine by PLA material. In this project highlights are CT scan digital images of hip are taken and these images are measured using 3D Slicer and 3D tool software’s. These dimensions are used hip joint prosthesis three dimensional models are designed in Solid Works 18.0 software and all the components of hip joint prosthesis were fabricated in 3D printing machine. This is used mainly for medical demonstration.