MOSCOW, August 8 Scientists and engineers from the Korolev Samara University will create an accelerated integrated system for the design and construction of personalized titanium endoprostheses manufactured using 3D printing, the university's press service told reporters.
«Currently, there is no single integrated system for designing and constructing personalized implants manufactured… on 3D printers in Russia. The goal of the project is to create such a system in the form of a digital integrated environment for design and technological preparation of production. According to our calculations, it will reduce the standard time for preparing production by 2.5 times, which will amount to about 15-20 days,» said the project manager, design engineer at the engineering center of Samara University, Maxim Zvyagintsev.
The technology of Samara scientists and engineers will make it possible to design and prepare for printing implants with an internal structure in the form of small hollow cells, which will have a hexagonal shape, like a honeycomb. Such an endoprosthesis will be highly durable and lightweight, and its cost will be much lower than that of a product with a continuous internal structure. The university explained that an implant with a hollow structure will require less expensive consumables in the form of titanium powder.
Samara University plans, first of all, to test its technology for the design and construction of hip endoprostheses, since it is the hip joints that most often require replacement. As part of the project, it is planned to conduct clinical trials of prototypes of products together with Samara medical institutions; in the future, the technology and design of endoprostheses will be patented. 
The project is designed for year, it is being implemented within the framework of the Advanced Aerospace Engineering School and received a grant in the amount of 1 million rubles from the Innovation Promotion Fund.