Low cost 3D printed biomodels for biofluid mechanics applications

Presently 3D printers are gaining widespread attention by both biomedical research and industrial community. 3D printing is a process based on 3D additive manufacturing technology, in which a three-dimensional object is created by gradually adding successive layers of a material under computer control. This paper shows the ability of the desktop 3D printers (also known as low cost 3D printers) to produce 3D biomodels able to be used on hemodynamic experimental flow studies. Overall, this paper shows that Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) process combined with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) replication molding is a promising way to produce affordable biomedical devices to perform hemodynamic studies at both macro and micro scale levels. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24243/JMEB/3.1.166