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Team 7

Team Members

Faculty Advisor

Yukti Ummaneni
Ashwini Patel
Mia Haynes
Jamie Trinh

Dr. Liisa Kuhn

Sponsor

Beekley Lab for Biosymmetrix

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Singular Part 3D-Printed External Prosthetics for Mastectomy Patients Without Reconstruction

Biosymmetrix is a team focused on producing 3D-printed prosthetics made from a novel lightweight and breathable silicone matrix. However, using this material to produce a customized prosthetic has proven to be both expensive and time-consuming. The current challenge is to design a new singular part 3D-printed breast form that will provide a cost-effective, comfortable, and functional prosthetic for both single and double mastectomy patients to improve their quality of life and restore their confidence. Current customized breast forms are prone to failure, resulting in many failed attempts in addition to wasted time and material. They also require multiple parts of the breast form to be printed and attached together, due to the complex curvatures of each patient's chest wall. Due to this time consuming process, it takes months for a patient to receive their customized form. The newly designed singular breast form should minimize the amount of printing time and the failure rate of printing. Successful development of this product will allow it to be available to a larger population of mastectomy patients, while optimizing the manufacturing process. The newly developed singular part form should cut down on materials use and print time without sacrificing the comfort and quality of the prosthetic. This will be done to maximize scalability of the product for a larger scale production.