The bespoke knee implant is ideal for younger patients because traditional knee replacements don’t last very long.
Scientists have created an artificial knee implant that’s customized to a patient’s leg using 3D printing technology.
It “was fantastic,” Tarbet said of his ability to participate in a competitive bicycle ride six months after the surgery. “A knee has three ‘car tires’ — an inner, an outer and a kneecap,” Prof. Andrew Toms, director of orthopedics at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, told the BBC.But with the new procedure and 3D printed device, surgeons “balance the knee out in those younger patients by re-aligning the knee, by taking the pressure off the worn car tires and straightening the limb out.The new 3D-printed plate and accompanying surgery could be preferable for younger patients.
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