Rapid Prototype is an innovative technology that has evolved within the design and manufacturing industries. In medical industries the use of RP technology coupled with the other techniques has led to improvement in services offered to patients by improvement in such areas as 3D visualization of a specific anatomy, surgical planning, implant design, prosthesis production, and polymeric drug delivery devices. In this article we review the current technologies available in RPT and its application in different fields of medicine and future trends in this area.
Rapid prototyping (RP), computer aided design (CAD), medical modeling process, applications
