Approach Study to a Model of Integration Technologies for Ideation of Customized Implants Clara I. López, Edna Bravo, Juan Carlos Moreno, and Luis Eduardo Bautista Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia Email: clara.lopez@correo.uis.edu.co, erbravoi@uis.edu.co, fedor@uis.edu.co, luis.bautista@correo.uis.edu.co Abstract—The main purpose of this research is formulating an integration of technologies model for design and evaluation implants, from the technological innovation management approach. The relevance of reverse engineering integration in design and evaluation method of customized and standards implants were valued. The process requirements were obtained by: unstructured literature review on implant design topics and the design process at present used in QE Company. Subsequently, a model of technology integration, with several interoperability flows, between Bio-CAD, CAD and CAE software, based on requirements was proposed. Results were analyzed using ANOVA to establish significant differences arising from integration model. Finally, a workflow to design and evaluation of more efficient implants, based on requirements to evaluation, skills and development time, was proposed. Keywords—Bio-CAD, CAD, CAE, implants, technologies integration, reverse engineering I. INTRODUCTION The last twenty years have seen an increase in research activities and technological development in orthopedic, implants and biomedical field[1], due to the frequency of occurrence of fractures and tooth loss. In related researches, over 70% of fractures and trauma cases, generated by muscle-skeletal injuries are treated through surgical reduction using insertion of orthopedic implants, mainly type plates and screws. [2]. Moreover, in implants field, a prosthetic element known as a dental implant is used to replace cases of dental losses. Derived from orthopedics studies, highlighted in literature research on orthopedic and dental customized implants or specific patient implant [2]. In consensus, customized implants are designed to be adapted at geometry and bone density, and ensure proper adjustment and bone fixing, according fracture kind to reduce. [3]. This is possible due advances and integration of software technologies, allowing generating new design methods based on inclusion of image technics and Reverse Engineering RE, in an environment called by some authors as Bio-CAD software [4] or CAD (Computer Aided Design) Systems [5]. Manuscript received May 1, 2014; Reverse engineering software has been developed to convert tomographic images of living tissues on 3D virtual models to be used as benchmarks in design of devices and implants. Models resulting from this technology use, have been integrated to other CAD software tools, CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) and RP (Rapid Prototyping) to improve the design process of customized implants, facilitating the implants design with adjust to skull bone tissue, face, jaw, hip and femur [6] [7] [8]. Studies have been developed to integrate these technologies into the design of hip prostheses [9], design and validation of lower limb prostheses [4], validating implant materials structures [5], characterization and evaluation of new materials to skull custom implants [6], design and evaluation of dental implants, to implant geometry comparison [7], algorithms formulation to bone implant interface evaluation [8], development of computational tools to tissue reconstruction [9], surgical planning, among other [10]. Consensus about importance of integrating Bio-CAD software in the development of custom products in specific cases is evidenced on several studies [11]. However, incorporate CAD CAE RP workflow packages in design process requires investment on infrastructure, computational resources, human talent with scientific and technological skills and others [12]. Now integrate the Bio-CAD in this one workflow for apply to bone reconstruction, implant design and biomechanical evaluation, this involves invest more resources to development of skills in the use of advanced software tools, to prevent an excessive time on bone volume reconstruction. Moreover, the requirements identified that in addition to assessment of biomechanical behavior, it is required to perform comparative evaluations through simulations used to materials selection and implants geometries. Furthermore, it is possible to omit the use of virtual bone models for conducting the last two analyses. From technology management approach, in the present paper aims to establish an integration of technologies, conducted to generate specific workflows based on requirements from design and evaluation implants, focused on get the design and the prototype under a sustainable service development of custom implants. The relevance of integration of Bio-CAD or CAD systems Journal of Advanced Management Science Vol. 3, No. 4, December 2015 ©2015 Engineering and Technology Publishing 323 doi: 10.12720/joams.3.4.323-328 revised August 11, 2014.