Computer-assisted designing system for fixation plate

Fixation plate for fracture is one of the most important devices for fractures of the human bone. In general, the fixed plate for medial care is selected from lineup of the maker. Therefore, the surgery is adapted to each plate due to limitation of the lineup. However, the surgery should be naturally adapted to each patient. To overcome this problem, this paper set the goal to develop a system which can proposed appropriate fixed plate model according to patient information, and make a prototype of the selected fixed plate with low cost. After evaluation of the prototype, the prototype is remade for practical use by the maker which has a license for medical device. By doing so, the longtime purpose of this study is to realize patient-oriented medicine (tailor-made medicine).