Heart models in 3D print

Abstract

3D printing is one of the innovations of the century, because it allows us to see objects created virtually on a tangible medium, without further production processes. One technique used to create models, was fused deposition modeling (FDM), which is a technique layer by layer addition, a thermoplastic material such as PLA, ABS, HIPS or TPU, allowing well the reproduction of parts of the human body, where they can study the different morphologies, as is the study of the heart, through the import of images of CT (computed tomography) or MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), which are processed later to be printed, thereby obtaining a model of the organ in actual size. This makes especially science and medicine, progress in understanding the workings of the human body and its organs.