40th International Conference on Production Engineering of Serbia
ICPES 2025
Nis, Serbia, 18-19th september 2025
PERSONALIZED CHRONIC WOUNDS TREATMENT BY APPLICATION OF ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Nikola Vitkovic, Sanja Stojanovic, Miloš Madic, Zoran Damnjanovic, Razvan Pacurar, Filip Górski, Joaquín Francisco Roca González
DOI: 10.46793/ICPES25.407V
Chronic wounds are complex, non-healing conditions that require individualized therapeutic solutions. This paper presents a digital workflow that integrates advanced wound imaging, AI-based segmentation (DeepSkin), CAD modeling, and additive manufacturing (AM) to produce patient-specific wound care devices. High-precision wound boundary detection and peri-wound segmentation enable the generation of anatomically accurate 3D models, which are converted to STL and fabricated using FDM 3D printing. Personalized dressings and covers conform precisely to wound geometry, supporting moisture control, mechanical protection, and controlled drug release. In addition, porous scaffolds can be designed to mimic extracellular matrix structures and promote tissue regeneration. This personalized approach improves healing outcomes and enables rapid, point-of-care production, reducing treatment time and costs. The proposed workflow demonstrates the potential of combining AI-driven analysis and additive manufacturing for next-generation wound care solutions and lays the foundation for integrating smart sensors and automated clinical production systems
Chronic wounds, personalized, CAD, image analysis, additive technologies, ROI, scaffolds
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