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Fig. 1 | 3D Printing in Medicine

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From: Evaluating surface coatings to reduce bone cement adhesion to point of care 3D printed molds in the intraoperative setting

Fig. 1

An example of the result of trying to remove bone cement that has strongly adhered to a 3D printed mold (a). In this example, bone cement was poured into a cylindrical mold composed of two half-cylinders printed using Formlabs (Somerville, MA) Grey V4 resin (b). After curing, the bone cement was too strongly adhered to the mold to be removed. The damage seen above (a) is the result of a failed attempt to chisel the mold off of the bone cement

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3D Printing in Medicine

ISSN: 2365-6271

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