Evaluation of a rapid prototyping application for stomas

What is it about?

This article describes the development of an internal waste-collection device for patients who have undergone a colostomy or ileostomy. Its design is based on devices that have been produced by 3D printing with acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). The aim is to find an internal alternative to the external colostomy pouch that these patients currently use and to evaluate the properties of the device produced by additive manufacturing.

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