3D printed biomedical devices and their applications: A review on state-of-the-art technologies, existing challenges, and future perspectives

<p>This repository consists of the data that have been utilized to imagine and subsequently construct Fig. 1, Fig. 3 , Fig. 5 , Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 of the article " H. B. Mamo, M. Adamiak and A. Kunwar. 3D printed biomedical devices and their applications: A review on state-of-the-art technologies, existing challenges, and future perspectives, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 143 (2023) 105930. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.105930 ".</p> <p>&nbsp;Brief introduction of the files contained in this repository</p> <ol> <li>&nbsp;acronyms.csv: This file consists of&nbsp; the list of acronyms associated with materials and techniques used in 3D printing of biomedical devices.</li> <li>fig1a-data.csv: The csv file provides a relative ranking of different types of 3D printing techniques for biomedical applications based upon &nbsp;merits and limitations (wherever applicable). The technique listed as Rank 1 is considered as the most commonly used 3D printing procedure.</li> <li>&nbsp;fig1b-data.csv: The csv file enlists the benfits of the 3D printing techniques in biomedical applications as compared to subtractive manufacturing methods.</li> <li>&nbsp;fig3-data.csv: The file contains a comparison between conventional and customized tablet printing &nbsp;methods. The illustration is made through the manufacturing or printing of pharmaceutical tablets or pills.&nbsp; This illustation also applies to the production of pharmaceutical capsules.&nbsp; It thus illustrates that customized medicine is enabled using 3D printing technology.</li> <li>&nbsp;fig5-data.csv: This file enumerates the major challenges associated with 3D printing of biomedical devices.</li> <li>&nbsp;fig6-data.csv: The file enlists the roles of wearable smarts, cloud-based platforms and physicians in context of the hospitals implementing IoMT.</li> <li>&nbsp;fig7-data.csv: The aspects of IoMT Sensors,IoMT Platforms,3D Printers,Design and Prototypes within the integrated 3D printing-IoMT ecosystem are listed in the file.</li> </ol>