Development of Custom Bone Implants with Reduction of the Affected Area Through the Use of Surgical Guides and Additive Manufacturing – Phase II

This project focuses on the development of personalized bone implants using surgical guides and additive manufacturing with PEEK and PEKK. It aims to apply a comprehensive methodology for personalized bone implants, reducing the affected area through surgical guides and additive manufacturing, and characterizing the additive capacity of the implant material surface against calcium compounds. The project includes reviewing the state of the art, characterizing bone structures, obtaining anatomical models, performing finite element studies, conducting adhesion studies of calcium compounds, and describing the results of using PEEK and PEKK.

Goals:
Review the state of the art on the use of PEEK and PEKK and their biocompatibility properties for the manufacture of internal bone implants.
Characterize in an individualized way the bone structures and tissues from medical images with the application of segmentation techniques.
Obtain the anatomical models and implants for the analysis of their functionality and for surgical simulation.
Perform finite element studies of the surgical models that require it for the verification of generated stresses.
Conduct studies of adhesion of calcium compounds on the surface of bone implants based on PEEK and PEKK.
Describe the results on the use of PEEK and PEKK as a material for additive manufacturing of personalized bone implants.

Research lines:
Development and characterization of biomaterials and biobased materials