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If the surgery were not planned within four days, the baby would be open to all kinds of infections.

The lifesaving 1:1 model of the newborn's skull followed an urgent request for help from surgeons at the Upper Silesian Centre of Child Health and doctors at the enable Polska Foundation.

3D printing in SLA technology

SYGNIS

As Sygnis reported, after the project file came to them, two engineers started to print the 3D skull model required for the baby. The company also stated that they didn't want to put the baby at risk, so they used two different technologies:

Sygnis also stopped all 3D printing projects to save the baby's life and finished the baby's skull project in 26 hours.

The choice of resin technology (SLA) on the FlashForge Photo 8.9s 3D printer was used to quickly obtain an illustrative printout for evaluation by specialists before printing in SLS technology. On the other hand, the SLS technology, SLS technology, and polyamide (PA12) printing to 3D print the model for preoperative surgical exercises. Powder technology enables 3D printing without the use of support structures, which in turn allows for the perfect reproduction of geometrically complex bone structures.

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