Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, July 13: Research teams from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar and Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura have jointly developed the first patient-specific cranial prosthesis of titanium mesh that will reduce 15 minutes of surgery time.
Professionals from Mechanical Engineering Department NIT Srinagar and SKIMS Soura worked to develop the first patient-specific cranial prosthesis of titanium mesh. “They have used available CAD/CAM, Computer-Aided Design, and Computer-Aided Manufacturing facilities at NIT Srinagar.”
In his message, Director NIT Srinagar, Prof. (Dr.) Rakesh Sehgal extended a greeting to all the members and stated that the institute will always take lead in innovations that will benefit the common masses.
“Over the past several years NIT Srinagar has signed several MoUs with Institutions across the globe, and the collaboration in research is yielding good results. We are committed to serving society through technology, and ease the living of common people,” he said.
Prof. Sehgal intended that the end-use of education is to give back to society in the form of solutions to various problems.
Institute’s Registrar, Prof. Syed Kaiser Bukhari appreciated the team members for developing the first patient-specific cranial prosthesis of titanium mesh and equipment will be highly beneficial for the patients.
“We need to develop and test solutions; predict outcomes and mitigate harm and make informed policy decisions,” he said.
The joint team includes Prof. Abrar Ahad Wani, Prof. Altaf Umer Ramzan, of SKIMS, Prof. Rakesh Sehgal, Director NIT Srinagar, and Dr. Sheikh Ghulam Mohammad Ex-Associate Professor, Prof. Sheikh Nazir Ahmed, Prof. Mohammed Farooq Wani, Dr. Mohammad Mursaleen and Ph.D. Scholar Imran Ali.
The patient-specific cranial prosthesis of titanium mesh will reduce15 minutes of surgery time and was finally successfully implanted in a patient on July 1st, 2022 at SKIMS, Soura.
In the project, anatomy was engineered by taking patients’ CT scan data as an input, a 3D model was developed using MIMICS software and, the prosthesis was designed using 3-Matic software.
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