Mechanical Design and Modeling for Medical Devices and Simulators
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 787
Editors
Interests: additive manufacturing; CAD; reverse engineering; medical image analysis; statistical shape modeling; feature recognition; 3D modeling; medical device design
Interests: additive manufacturing; reverse engineering; 3D modeling; virtual prototyping; CAD; design for additive manufacturing; patient-specific devices
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Technological innovation in design, 3D modeling and manufacturing is transforming the medical field. Advanced computational tools, artificial intelligence, reverse engineering techniques applied to diagnostic images, hybrid modeling approaches and additive manufacturing make it possible to work with complex anatomical structures, as well as the development of patient-specific solutions. These technologies also support the creation of surgical simulators, providing accurate, safe and effective anatomical and biomechanical representations for training and preoperative planning.
This Special Issue invites original research and review articles on the design, modeling, validation, optimization and manufacturing of medical devices and simulators. We will also consider submissions detailing advancements in materials science for biomedical devices and high-fidelity surgical simulators, with a focus on achieving accurate mechanical, optical or imaging readout properties across various diagnostic and intraoperative data acquisition systems. The aim is to highlight the technological advances driving the next generation of medical solutions.
Dr. Antonio Marzola
Dr. Francesco Buonamici
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- medical devices
- surgical simulators
- mechanical design
- 3D modeling
- computational modeling
- patient-specific design
- additive manufacturing
- artificial intelligence
- reverse engineering
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