Interactive Organ And Tissue Printing - 975 Words

3D Organ Tissue Printing Nakita Shaffer RN Anthony Atala, TED.com Bioprinted Kidney Learning Objectives What is 3D Organ Printing? Hardware and Software Used in Printing Usability of 3D Printer Software EHR Interoperability Advantages and Disadvantages of Organ Printing Regulatory Requirements Required to Print Learning Objectives Continued? Ethical/Legal Issues Related to Printing Emerging Nursing Related Education Informatics Nurse / Specialist role in Printing Summary References What is 3D Organ and Tissue Printing? Emerging technology Computer controlled 3D Printer deposits in a pattern Creates viable and functioning tissues and organs (Skardol Atala, 2015) What is 3D Organ and Tissue Printing? Continued? Combination†¦show more content†¦Laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) based bioprinting Less clogging than other methods Creates high resolution projects Does not affect cell viability (Skardol Atala, 2015) Biomaterials (Hardware) Vast range of materials Constantly evolving Cell supportive soft hydrogels Stiff metal or ceramic implants Synthetic or natural Complex functioning medical devices (Skardol Atala, 2015) Computer Aided Design (CAD) ITK-SNAP (Software) CAD Generates 3D images Used with NovoGen MMx Bioprinter Organovo?s program created by Autodesk http://www.autodesk.com/solutions/3d-cad-software (Organovo, 2012) Computer Aided Design (CAD) ITK-SNAP (Software) ITK-SNAP Slices 3D images into segments Sends slices to 3D printer to print http://www.itksnap.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php (O?Brien, Holmes, Faucett, Zhang, 2015) Usability of CAD and ITK-SNAP CAD Simple to-scale drawings Virtual reality modeling Support real-time simulation Biomechanically correct Humans Can be animated (Federal Aviation Administration) Usability of CAD and ITK-SNAP ITK-SNAP Provides semi-automatic segmentation Uses active contour methods/manual delineation Image navigation (ITK-SNAP, 2014) Bioprinted heart valve 3dprint.com Challenges with Integration of 3D Biomaterials into Electronic Health Record (EHR) Materials likely fall under