{"id":69733,"date":"2016-04-20T08:09:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T08:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=f1bc44de0e1ad68fe451465447c4ec09"},"modified":"2016-04-20T08:09:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T08:09:47","slug":"news-story-3d-printing-synthetic-bones-for-blast-injury-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=69733","title":{"rendered":"News story: 3D printing synthetic bones for blast injury research"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Imperial College London<\/a> were funded by the Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE<\/abbr>) to develop 3D-printed physical representations of lower limb bones, including realistic internal structures, for use in assessing blast injuries. <\/p>\n

So far, individual 3D-printed lower limb nylon surrogates have been tested and found to fracture in a similar way to human bones. This could help improve research into assessing blast injury. Next steps for the project include the assessment of a wider range of materials for use in 3D printing, including composite materials, which may behave in an even more similar way to bone.<\/p>\n

This development has the potential to eliminate the need for ethically controversial human cadaver material, while providing a more realistic injury response than can be achieved with non-breakable surrogates.<\/p>\n

Dr Andrew Phillips, Imperial College London says:<\/p>\n

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CDE<\/abbr> funding has allowed us to rapidly develop a research-based idea towards a product that has clear application in the assessment and mitigation of blast injury.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

About CDE<\/abbr>
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CDE<\/abbr> funds novel, high-risk, high-potential-benefit research. We work with the broadest possible range of science and technology providers, including academia and small companies, to develop cost-effective capabilities for UK armed forces and national security.<\/p>\n

CDE<\/abbr> is part of Dstl<\/abbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Centre for Defence Enterprise<\/h3>\n
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\nBuilding R103
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\nFermi Avenue
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\nHarwell Oxford<\/span>
\nOxfordshire<\/span>
\nOX11 0QX<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n Email<\/span>
\n cde@dstl.gov.uk<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n Telephone <\/span>
\n +44 (0)30 67704236\n <\/p>\n

\n Alternative number<\/span>
\n +44 (0)30 67704237\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Please email for the quickest response.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Case study from Imperial College London who will pitch their ideas to industry and investors at the CDE Marketplace on 27 April 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}