Academic Researchers

Printmed 3D rappresenta una magnifica occasione per implementare e sviluppare applicazioni di realtà estesa che risultano essere utili e di impatto sia per la formazione dei chirurghi e sia come ulteriore tool per il planning preparatorio.

PRINTMED-3D represents the convergence of materials science and extended reality, aimed at addressing the needs of surgical training and personalized medicine. Our mission is to develop anatomically precise, haptic phantoms integrated with smart sensors, designed to support the testing of modern surgical techniques. As a physicist and materials scientist, I am proud to contribute my expertise to a project that transforms knowledge into tangible benefits for society.

La realizzazione e l’integrazione della realtà virtuale con modelli aptici affrontate nell’ambito di Printmed 3d rappresenta una trasformazione innovativa per la medicina, la formazione specialistica e l'industria biomedica. La principale sfida è far fronte alla crescente domanda di prestazioni mediche personalizzate al fine di garantire una maggiore qualità dell’assistenza con trattamenti più efficaci, minori rischi per i pazienti e riduzione dei tempi di intervento e di recupero. Ho creduto sin dal principio nelle potenzialità del progetto e credo sia fondamentale il contributo che ognuno di noi può dare per implementare le tecniche esistenti al fine di supportare ulteriormente i medici nel loro lavoro con l’obiettivo ultimo, ma non meno importante, di migliorare le condizioni di vita del paziente.

PRINTMED-3D is a vision, it is the fusion of personalized medicine and additive manufacturing, two essential aspects of the educational training and surgical strategies of the future.

For me, PRINTMED-3D represents the attempt to revolutionize the way of conceiving the biomedical sector, which has been left static by dusty, academic approaches. The main innovation of this project, in my opinion, lies precisely in the ability to identify the right questions to ask in relation to real problems, to be answered in a way that is effective but above all practical. It's an equation in which simplicity does not mean ease of implementation. Specifically, I was able to understand the real flexibility and innovation of PRINTMED-3D in relation to my work, asking myself questions which, as a cell biologist, I had never pondered in the past. I am learning to understand the limits of current techniques of classical molecular biology (especially those used for the maintenance of cell lines) and I am identifying the aspects on which we can intervene to simplify, automate and speed up the established experiments on 2D cell cultures. For me, the creation of a microfluidic device with a material suitable for biological purposes is the obstacle and, at the same time, the biggest challenge of the whole project. Identifying the correct material in this area would be an innovative and revolutionary result since, at present, it inductively represents the greatest limitation on the production and use of these products on a large scale.