Biolibrary srl

Biolibrary automates modeling through its online platform of the same name, which responds to patient and market needs by enabling fast, high-quality customization of orthopedic products.

Biolibrary's customers include: hospitals (public and private), clinics, orthopedic surgeons and orthopedic product manufacturers.

Biolibrary's business model involves:

•the sale of or access to online software;

•Sale of 3D printers, prostheses and media;

•Update of models for the library.

The algorithm underlying Biolibrary is registered at European level (patent no. 007690243-0001) and at international level (PCT/EP2020/084228).

The aim of the project is to find an integrated solution for the production / marketing of medical devices that are used in orthopaedics, internal prostheses (implantable devices) – support for the musculoskeletal system (artificial limbs, busts, braces, orthotics)

We want to achieve this result by working in advance to create 3D modelling software and a library of 3D Models (Catalogue - Library) which have been scientifically certified and validated.

The context of the project will differ for the two areas that will be examined in the project, but the solutions given will have a common factor.  For this reason we have divided this part of the project into two different sections: one dealing with internal prostheses and another which deals specifically with support for the musculoskeletal system

Context A: Internal prostheses (implantable devices)

Context B: Support for the musculoskeletal system (artificial limbs, busts, braces, orthotics)

The innovative and driving idea behind the project are the following: to analyse the problem starting from a scientific point of view.  Nowadays orthopaedic devices are being produced thanks to 3D scanners and printers all over the world, but up until now no one has faced the problem from a medical scientific point of view. 

The solutions, that up till now have not been put on the market, propose to substitute the traditional plaster cast with an exoskeleton printed in 3D.  The elementary phases are visualizing the situation of the limb by scanning it, and then producing the device with a 3D printer.  

This type of solution is limited and not very inclined to the resolution of a problem that the orthopaedic must act on immediately with the certainty of achieving optimal results without necessarily having the knowledge of articulated programmes of 3D manipulation.

Our solution is the following:  in all parts of the world nowadays pathologies / fractures / illnesses have been inserted into a universal catalogue (Internationally one standard), together with the diagnosis and the implant – device that must be adopted.

We want to start by creating a standard Library of 3D models for:

• Internal prostheses (implantable devices)
• Support for the musculoskeletal system (artificial limbs, busts, braces, orthotics) scientifically validated by an expert in orthopaedics.

Once the clinical study is over, this Library of 3D exoskeletons models will be scientifically validated by expert orthopaedists and an application will be made to receive all the necessary certificates so that it will be ready to be put on the market. 

As well as creating a 3D Library, (web oriented in cloud) software will be created for the alteration of the models.  This will be given to the orthopaedists, who with a few simple instruments will be able to implement and alter their own personal Libraries.

Another aim of the project is to create an FabLab (3D printing service) where it will be possible to print products for personal use or for third parties.  

Another objective of the project that has been achieved is that of acquiring an industrial patent for the software that will be used to calculate and model the internal prostheses.  Such software / algorithm will allow the calculation of guidelines for the incision to be made on the patient’s bone following an objective examination of images (X-rays, CT-Cat scans and/or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR).  The official request for the issue of the industrial patent has already been filed.  In the future this type of software may also be used in the case of tumours and/or other parts of the body affected by problems of the bones.

This Know-how will allow for the organization of a company team formed by technical-medical-healthcare specialists, with the scope of realizing new medical devices.  In particular, this team could work side by side with hospital medical teams in the study and implementation of implantable devices that are becoming more and more innovative and efficient.  This team of maximum experts will the focal point of the project and they would be available for consultation and offer their services to the best centres of implantology at national levels.