Dallas-Based MedCAD® Introduces New 3D‑Printed Facial Reconstruction Plates

There’s an art to successful facial reconstruction surgery. And like any art form, it requires tools. Here’s how a sculptor and special effects artist went on to found a Dallas medtech company—which uses 3D printing to create titanium facial implants for thousands of patients.

3D-printed AccuPlate™ titanium implants from MedCAD

DALLAS TEXAS, December 10th, 2024 (Dallas Innovates) —

Facial reconstruction surgery aims to improve the most visible part of the human body by correcting the results of traumatic injury, disease, or aging. For the procedures to be successful, implants are often a key ingredient to create a natural-looking visage.

Now Dallas-based MedCAD®, creators of AccuPlate™ patient-matched titanium implants, is using 3D printing to create reconstruction plates for the mandible and midface—allowing for “a shorter delivery window, as well as more geometries and features to address more surgical needs and complexities.”

“MedCAD’s expansion of 3D titanium printing capabilities has enabled us to reduce delivery times dramatically for our high-demand implants while offering more design features requested by our customers,” MedCAD® Founder, President, and CEO Nancy Hairston said in a statement. “These improved turnaround times for each patient-specific plate can quickly provide surgeons with bespoke, creative reconstruction options within timeframes that were previously unavailable.”

MedCAD® said the plates are available in thicknesses from 2 millimeters to 2.8 mm, and feature options including inferior border hooks, graft trays, and precise allowances for “off-the-shelf mesh” between the plate and mandible.

Additionally, locking and non-locking threaded plate features or 3D printed mesh features combined with the plate are now available, the company said, noting that its AccuPlate 3DTi™ implants can be delivered “in as few as five days” after surgeon approval.

“The goal of MedCAD’s portfolio of product solutions is to provide surgeons with customizable options that are as anatomically unique as the patients they help treat,” Hairston said. “With MedCAD’s technology in the hands of a creative surgeon, the possibilities are virtually endless, and outcomes are unmatched.” 

To date, MedCAD® says it has provided facial, mandibular, and cranial implants for more than 8,000 patients—each one “a patient-specific, custom solution using enhanced radiography, digital design, and 3D printing.”

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