Personalized Manufacturing for Medical Devices
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URGENCY VISION SUCCESS VALUE DISTINCTION
Personalized ManufacturingFor Medical Devices
URGENCY
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Personalized Manufacturing
Personalized manufacturing of medical devices is essential given our societal demographics and aging population.
171 million people worldwide have diabetes; 2x by 2030.
Diabetes is the most common cause of non-traumatic amputation of the lower limb.
750,000 Americans have a stroke each year.
6 million stroke survivors currently in the U.S; their most often stated goal is to restore their mobility.
773,000 Americans have a hip or knee replaced each year.
VISION
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Personalized Manufacturing
To improve the
rehabilitation and quality
of life for those with
various neuromuscular
and musculoskeletal
disorders
SUCCESS
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Personalized Manufacturing
• New manufacturing and design processes
• Materials development• Companies have been
established• Improved designs with
superior performance• Lower costs• Wide range of applications:
» Joint, dental implants, hearing aids, skeletal reconstructions, scaffolds, bone replacements
VALUE
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Personalized Manufacturing
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Access to IP that will enable companies that partner with us to develop and manufacture novel and improved devices.
» Reduced cost» Local manufacturing» Rapid production
DISTINCTION
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Personalized Manufacturing
Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
• The world leader in additive manufacturing
• Unsurpassed breadth» Prosthetics to orthotics
• Industry partners» Materials to machines
• UT Health Science Center and VA collaborations
» Center for the Intrepid, Fort Sam Houston
• Entrepreneurial development
URGENCY VISION SUCCESS VALUE DISTINCTION
Personalized Manufacturing
Improved quality of life for those with various neuromuscular and musculoskeletal disorders.