Taiwan’s push to apply artificial intelligence (AI) across healthcare is beginning to shape how medical manufacturers design 3D-printed bone graft substitutes for surgery.
Lily Lin, promotions and information technology supervisor at Precisely Printed Medical, said that interest in AI is spreading from information processing to medical manufacturing and clinical operations.
For 3D-printed bone grafts, design software determines features such as shape and internal structure, which may need to align with the requirements of a particular procedure.
Lin said AI could eventually help refine these features and generate more options for surgical use.
She said: ‘Since we are 3D printing bone graft substitutes, I think AI can help us design the bone graft in terms of shape or structure. It can generate more solutions that can be applied during surgery.’
The company’s immediate priority is upgrading its design software and improving the process used to produce grafts.
Better tools could reduce manual effort and help manufacturers match doctors’ specifications more closely.
Over the next three years, Lin expects AI adoption in Taiwan to extend further into healthcare operations and medical practice.
She said: ‘AI is going to be a very big part of the whole industry. It’s not just for information, but also for actual practice.’
Any move towards AI-assisted graft design will still require clinical review, manufacturing checks and surgeon oversight before the products are used in procedures.
