Okabe Rintarou
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Would be first of its kind surgery for the Army hospitals, but there are already academia-hospital partnerships in India where the same kind of surgeries are being done for a while now. Titanium, specifically CP-titanium, is low modulus and corrosion resistant, and hence, very bio-compatible. BTW, this involves not just 3D printing but also 3D scanning, because maxillofacial implants are highly customized to the patient. Once met a guy from CSIR who worked on this stuff.3D printing titanium stuff
Same मुद्रक can sit in some remote Battalion HQ and print spares?
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But getting 3D printing to work for battalion HQ level is almost completely impractical right now, especially for metals. Metal 3D printers (SLS) cost quite a lot. A more practical approach would be incorporating this in the Navy first. Ships printing a few of their own spares. Although the cost-to-benefit analysis would likely not support such an exercise just yet.