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Inspiring medical manufacturing innovations Medical Applications of Rapid Prototyping Take a look
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INSIGHTS “We see improvements in the patient’s lives almost immediately. The FDA is working with manufacturers on new materials, processes, and technologies for creating rapid prototypes that will be more widely adaptable to human body settings.” — Michael Raphael, President and Chief Engineer, Biomet Orthopedics
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR A. Brent Strong, PhD. is a manufacturing engineering technology faculty member at the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology and the founding director of the Advanced Composite Manufacturing and Engineering Center, the Creativity Laboratory, the Manufacturing Leadership Forum, and the Rapid Product Realization Center at Brigham Young University. Dr. Strong is also a member of SME and has participated as
an author, co-author, and editor of 12 books; more than 100 peer-reviewed and invited papers; and is the inventor and co-inventor of 12 patents.
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