Presentation from Imperial College London at the Centre for Defence Enterprise Marketplace held on 27 April

1. Marketplace 2016
Dr Andrew Phillips
Imperial College London
Structural Biomechanics
in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies
at Imperial College London

2. Imperial College London
• we can predict bone
architecture required to
support external loading
• we can use 3D printing to
manufacture the predicted
structure

3. Frangible lower limb surrogates
CDE funding has allowed us to:
• define material properties of 3D printed nylon for a
range of strain rates
• test segments and a complete lower limb 3D printed
frangible surrogate
• progress the project from (technology readiness level)
TRL2/3 to TRL5/6

4. Success to date
We have demonstrated the feasibility of using additive
manufacture to produce cost effective frangible surrogates
for reliable assessment of blast injury mechanisms.

5. What next?
• development of commercial products for use in blast
injury assessment and surgical training
• development of composite materials better able to
represent bone and soft tissue at extreme strain rates
• application in the design and manufacture of implants
and prosthetics, as well as regenerative medicine

6. We’re looking for…
• commercial or research partner to scale manufacture
and testing of frangible surrogates (through
investment or licensing)
• research and commercial partners to help us develop
the technology for a range of applications

7. Contact
Dr Andrew Phillips
andrew.phillips@imperial.ac.uk
www.imperial.ac.uk/people/andrew.phillips