Journal of Bionic Engineering ›› 2021, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (2): 346-360.doi: 10.1007/s42235-021-0031-1
3D Printed Multi-material Medical Phantoms for Needle-tissue Interaction Modelling of Heterogeneous Structures
Jun Yin1,2, Manqi Li1,2, Guangli Dai3, Hongzhao Zhou1*, Liang Ma1, Yixiong Zheng4*
- 1. The State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering,
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, China
2. Key Laboratory of 3D Printing Process and Equipment of Zhejiang Province, School of Mechanical Engineering,
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, China
3. Department of Medical Engineering, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo 315010, China
4. Department of Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China
3D Printed Multi-material Medical Phantoms for Needle-tissue Interaction Modelling of Heterogeneous Structures
Jun Yin1,2, Manqi Li1,2, Guangli Dai3, Hongzhao Zhou1*, Liang Ma1, Yixiong Zheng4*
- 1. The State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering,
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, China
2. Key Laboratory of 3D Printing Process and Equipment of Zhejiang Province, School of Mechanical Engineering,
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, China
3. Department of Medical Engineering, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo 315010, China
4. Department of Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China
摘要： The fabrication of multi-material medical phantoms with both patient-specificity and realistic mechanical properties is of great importance for the development of surgical planning and medical training. In this work, a 3D multi-material printing system for medical phantom manufacturing was developed. Rigid and elastomeric materials are firstly combined in such application for an accurate tactile feedback. The phantom is designed with multiple layers, where silicone ink, Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU), and Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) were chosen as printing materials for skin, soft tissue, and bone, respectively. Then, the printed phantoms were utilized for the investigation of needle-phantom interaction by needle insertion experiments. The mechanical needle-phantom interaction was characterized by skin-soft tissue interfacial puncture force, puncture depth, and number of insertion force peaks. The experiments demonstrated that the manufacturing conditions, i.e. the silicone grease ratio, interfacial thickness and the infill rate, played effective roles in regulating mechanical needle-phantom interaction. Moreover, the influences of material properties, including interfacial thickness and ultimate stress, on needle-phantom interaction were studied by finite element simulation. Also, a patient-specific forearm phantom was printed, where the anatomical features were acquired from Computed Tomography (CT) data. This study provided a potential manufacturing method for multi-material medical phantoms with tunable mechanical properties and offered guidelines for better phantom design.