User:Arturopelayo/TissueDB 3D printing series review 2026-11-11/Model sources
Archived review draft — 12 November 2026. For the published page, use the Simulator model source register. This earlier review body is retained for its history. Its draft labels and links describe that review version. Use the 3D printing guides for current navigation.
This register records model-file sources for simulators already listed in TissueDB. Reviewed 12 November 2026. It covers the 29 cases where the source screen identified printed anatomy, moulds or structural parts; the full research register contains 82 canonical English simulator pages.
The search found original or related geometry for 10 of these cases. One is the related maxSIMbox2GO infant set, whose match to the Micallef study version remains unconfirmed. The current checks retrieved 80 named STL source files in full: 27 from the four maxSIMhealth repositories, 20 Medical Makers files, 22 OpenSurgiSim files, 10 Lee project files and one REAL CRIC file shared by the Kei and Calvo cases. They contain 79 distinct file contents because Bone-holder 1.stl and Bone-holder 2.stl are identical. The shared REAL CRIC file is counted once. Four lower-limb OBJ meshes, four MTL material-definition files and two PNG textures were also retrieved and are counted separately from the STL files. File retrieval does not establish a complete simulator kit or a validated print.
Reading the register
[edit | edit source]Listing checked means the file name and source record were inspected. Fully retrieved means the original bytes were obtained and recorded; file-identity and format checks do not establish mesh integrity, dimensions or printability. Not located is limited to the sources and bounded searches inspected, not a claim that a file has never existed.
Keep the source's part, geometry version, age range and material/process together. A mould STL is not the cast tissue, a reference anatomy model is not necessarily the final simulator, and an article's licence does not automatically license a separately shared geometry file. Repository/file-level terms are stated below where established. No physical printing or clinical expert acceptance was performed in this research pass.
Model-source register
[edit | edit source]| Simulator | Printed component and evidence | Model source and access | Geometry licence | Information still needed |
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| Adult Proximal Tibia Intraosseous Access Simulator (maxSIMIO) | PLA bone parts and casting moulds; PVA supports on Ultimaker S5. Source methods. | v1 straight leg: 3 STL files; v2 bent knee: 9 STL files. All 12 original STL files were fully retrieved. Keep the two version-specific sets separate. | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, stated in both repositories. | Select one version; match its bones, cartridge and moulds. Confirm dimensions, assembly and component-specific print profile. |
| Bowel Anastomosis Simulator (Habti) | PLA mould and maxSIMclamp+; the bowel is cast silicone. Source technical report. | UdeMHSBA: all 8 STL originals were fully retrieved, including the files named Intestine, inner/outer moulds and clamp parts. The printable tooling and cast bowel retain different roles. | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 for digital assets. | Identify the required mould/clamp subset and assembly. Inspect dimensions and prepare the source-specific PLA workflow. |
| Chest Tube Insertion Simulator (Bettega) | CT-derived printed thoracic framework. Polymer and printer process not established by inspected primary text. | No exact simulator geometry located in the bounded search. | Geometry terms unknown. | Original ribs/CT-derived mesh, reference dimensions, polymer/process and reuse terms. |
| Chest Tube Insertion Simulator (Brannan) | Modified thorax and joints. The retrieved publisher manufacturing table identifies ivory PLA with PVA supports for the bony structures, TPE 90A with PVA supports for flexible joints, and PLA for the stand and skin-site mould. | Paper cites Thingiverse 1543880 as an upstream skeleton. The listing remains inaccessible, and no modified Brannan geometry set was verified. The retrieved publisher supplement is a manufacturing table, not a geometry deposit. | Upstream and adapted-model terms unresolved. | Exact modified thorax, joint and other simulator files; upstream credits and adaptation rights; component dimensions and complete manufacturing instructions. |
| Cleft Palate Repair Simulator (Nicholas) | VeroWhite skeletal master/base and cast silicone cartridge in the TissueDB source. Primary paper full text/supplement blocked. | No exact geometry verified. Snapshot identifies supplementary mmc1 as a trainee manual, not a mesh deposit. The Brunel ReCleft project names co-author Rute Fiadeiro and the 2018 workshop, but provides no CAD download. A match to the evaluated base remains unconfirmed. | Geometry terms unknown. | Original skeletal master and mould geometry; verify supplement contents and manufacturing route. |
| Cranial Burr Hole and Craniotomy Simulator (Bakhshi) | ABS cranium confirmed by primary methods. | No original skull geometry located. The listed XLSX supplement is study data. | Geometry terms unknown; article CC BY does not establish an absent model licence. | Original skull revision, dimensions and ABS manufacturing specification. Do not substitute another craniotomy repository. |
| Cricothyroidotomy Simulator (Gauger) | Airway/fabrication tooling. Source identity checked; full fabrication methods inaccessible. | No exact geometry located. Related Kovatch methods establish PLA moulding and silicone casting, not direct silicone printing for this source. | Geometry terms unknown. | Confirm Gauger-specific process and original tooling/anatomy files; dimensions and permissions. |
| Cricothyrotomy Simulator (Calvo) | Inherited REAL CRIC airway. Calvo-specific polymer/printer settings are unstated. Paper. | TheAirWayApp_Pro_Final.stl: full-byte retrieval and binary length checked. Same file as Kei; captured Calvo revision 1296865 links it. A byte-identical alternate STL is also available from the Airway Management course. | No explicit geometry licence located. Article CC BY-NC-ND does not relicense the inherited file. | Geometry permissions, units/reference dimensions, compatible manufacturing and Calvo-specific integration. |
| Cricothyrotomy Simulator (D'Auria) | White/UW printed cartilage hardware plus an assessment layer; cardboard trachea is separate. Source. | No original cartilage geometry located; source family identified. REAL CRIC is a different model. | Geometry terms unknown. | Original White/UW cartilage files and manufacturing specifications; exact version and permissions. |
| Cricothyrotomy Simulator (Kei) | REAL CRIC airway/laryngeal-tracheal geometry. Source lineage Duggan to Kei; exact material configuration remains unresolved. | TheAirWayApp_Pro_Final.stl: 72,396,584 bytes retrieved; binary length checked. Same file as Calvo. A byte-identical alternate STL is also available from the Airway Management course. | No explicit geometry licence located. | Permissions, units/reference dimensions and complete compatible print/finish instructions. Do not use the retired airwaycollaboration.org domain. |
| Cricothyrotomy Simulator (White UW) | Printed laryngeal cartilages plus a cardboard tracheal assembly. ABS attribution is source-family evidence; Aghdasi identifies the UW simulator, not its full manufacture. | No original cartilage geometry located. Do not assign the separate REAL CRIC tracheal file. | Geometry terms unknown. | White/UW original cartilage geometry, dimensions, manufacturing method and reuse terms. |
| Humeral Fracture Fixation Simulator | White PLA humeral parts, source-specific filament workflow. | Developer files: Models 1 and 2 dated 18 October 2022 fully retrieved; exact file identities recorded. | File records explicitly CC BY-SA 4.0; preserve developer/upstream attribution. | Use the correct pair/version; confirm source dimensions and slicing/inspection requirements. |
| IUD Insertion Simulator | Three PLA uterus models and lids. Developer module describes FDM and source-specific settings. | Retrieved “3D Model Files” section is empty. The January 2025 source table names four STL files but marks each download as coming soon. Revision 1178664 removes the table in July 2025. No original STL was recovered; this does not establish whether a release exists elsewhere. | Page CC BY-SA 4.0; unavailable geometry terms cannot be assumed. | Original three uterus meshes and lids. Any reconstruction needs a separate identity and fit/dimension review. |
| Infant Intraosseous Infusion Simulator (Micallef) | The study specifies PLA tibial fragments and a PLA maxSIMbox stand. The related maxSIMbox2GO slide and fixture files have an unconfirmed match to the evaluated revision. Primary report, Technical report: Inputs. | Related developer maxSIMbox2GO: all 7 STL originals were fully retrieved. Six are related infant-IO platform files; printable models/Surgical Knot tying.stl is a separate collection module, excluded from this simulator's component set. Exact correspondence to the evaluated paper version is unconfirmed.
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 in this repository. | Match the repository geometry to the infant study/version and reference dimensions before using it as a worked example. |
| Injection Laryngoplasty Simulator (Lee) | Framework/moulds. ABS baseline remains attributed to TissueDB; developer TPU option and Tan2025 TPU adaptation are separate evidence. | Developer project: 10 STL plus README fully retrieved. No separately named TPU file verified. | Project/model licence unresolved. | Geometry reuse terms, exact TPU product/hardness and compatible preparation. Preserve the distinction between baseline ABS and later TPU use. |
| Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Simulator (Casas-Murillo) | FDM ABS moulds filled with silicone confirmed by primary abstract. | No exact mould mesh/CAD deposit located; full methods restricted. | Geometry terms unknown. | Original mould geometry for each biliary variant, matching scaffolds, dimensions and source-specific manufacturing instructions. |
| Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernioplasty TAPP 3D Simulator (Pires de Melo Filho) | Printed male pelvis with adapted hernial defect; polymer/process unstated in inspected methods. | Paper names TurboSquid “Male Pelvis Section” as the starting model. Exact product URL and adapted HerniLap3D files were not verified. | Upstream and adapted geometry terms unresolved. | Identify the exact upstream asset and permitted adaptation; obtain the final hernia geometry and manufacturing specification. |
| Lower Limb Deformity Correction Simulator | Modular bones/holders. Source kit correspondence and provider process need reconciliation; do not infer PLA/FFF from the material cell. | Public folders: Alternative 1 — STL parts needing paper markers, Alternative 2 — OBJ parts with colour-marker textures, STL parts without marker holders, and other STL parts and tools. All 22 named STL source files were fully retrieved. The four Alternative 2 OBJ meshes, four MTL material-definition files and two PNG marker textures have also been fully retrieved. The file references match: FA.obj and TB.obj use pattern 1; FC.obj and TD.obj use pattern 2, each through its same-name MTL file. These ten Alternative 2 files are separate from the 22 STL files. | No per-asset licence located. | Choose the required kit and marker route, match the exact part set and confirm the printer/material requirements. Establish geometry permissions and check the selected files against the assembly. Keep each Alternative 2 OBJ with its matching MTL and referenced PNG texture; full transfer does not establish dimensional accuracy, fit or printability. |
| Massive Hemoptysis Simulator (New) | Flexible airway uses EOS TPU1301 / EOS P770 SLS in related primary methods; this is not a desktop TPU/FFF route. Case paper. | No model filename/deposit verified. Publisher lists e-Online Data (22.02 KB), but its contents were inaccessible. | Geometry terms unknown. | Inspect supplement and identify exact airway geometry; confirm SLS service/material requirements and rights. |
| Melanoma Excision Simulator (maxSIMhealth) | EcoTough PLA skin-pad mould on Ultimaker S5; pad and lesions are cast silicone. Methods. | No matching design deposit located. Both inspected commits in the earlier 2022 workshop repository contain eight empty STL entries. The repository has no alternative branch. Those placeholders do not supply the moulds used in the reported 2023 workshop. | Article CC BY 4.0; no separate geometry terms established. | Original mould STL/CAD, lesion/depth version and reference dimensions. |
| Paediatric Airway Management Trainer (Carter) | Agilus30 airway made by industrial J750 PolyJet. Primary paper. | No released geometry filename verified. Historic print-and-post offer is not a downloadable deposit. | Geometry terms unknown. | Original airway geometry and manufacturing/service specification; permissions and reference dimensions. |
| Pediatric Forearm Fracture Simulator | Source-defined white/black PLA bone/connector sets and reusable PLA mould; gelatin is cast. | Developer bone/connector collection and mould source: all 16 original STL files were fully retrieved (10 bone models, 5 paired-connector files and 1 mould). Model 3 uses the 20 February 2023 revision. | All 16 original file records explicitly CC BY-SA 4.0. | Choose the documented white-PLA or black-PLA training set and its matching connectors; confirm the source settings, revision and mould/part fit. |
| Pediatric Front-of-Neck Access Simulator (Kovatch) | FDM PLA external mould casing and internal insert; silicone airway is cast. Primary methods. | No original tooling geometry located. Listed supplementary PDF is identified as a content-validity form, not geometry. | Geometry terms unknown. | Original casing/insert files, reference dimensions, revision and complete print specification. |
| Pediatric Inguinal Hernia Repair Simulator (Heo) | VeroWhite/Agilus30 industrial process mapping is secondary TissueDB evidence; full primary Methods blocked. Paper. | No released geometry filename or model bytes verified. | Geometry terms unknown. | Primary Methods, exact component/material map and geometry deposit; do not imply a validated home-resin replacement. |
| Superficial Temporal Artery-Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass Trainer | The 2024 abstract describes printed cranial structure with cast silicone brain and sensors. The retrieved 2022 author thesis, section 3.2, distinguishes a printed brain-casting mould from a separately printed left hemicranium. Polymer is not specified. | No exact STL/CAD located. The 2022 thesis was retrieved in full and has no embedded files; it does not provide a model-file address. The exact match between its geometry and the 2024 evaluated version remains unconfirmed. | Geometry terms unknown. | Original cranial mould, dimensions and manufacturing details; sensor wiring/firmware and calibration specification. |
| Thoracoscopic Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair Simulator (Barsness) | Neonatal rib cage; ABS attribution remains from TissueDB snapshot because full method retrieval failed. Paper. | No exact rib-cage geometry located in the bounded search. | Geometry terms unknown. | Original rib-cage file and dimensions; verify polymer/process against full source before reproduction. |
| Tibial Shaft Transverse Fracture Simulator | White PLA adult tibial fragments, source-specific filament workflow. | Developer files: Model 1 (25 June 2022) and Model 2 (19 May 2022) fully retrieved; source identities recorded. | Original file records explicitly CC BY-SA 4.0; preserve upstream attribution. | Use the documented pair and source-specific settings; confirm dimensions, inspection and training acceptance. |
| Urinary Catheterization Simulator (Gillis) | Form2/GreyPro SLA valve body and threaded insert; other parts use filament. Primary paper. | No exact released geometry located. Simon Hawkenson's portfolio identifies his 2018 MUNMed3D catheter-trainer design and links the Gillis paper, but contains no CAD/STL download. It does not establish the released valve/base version. | Geometry terms unknown. Article-licence discrepancy is retained separately. | Valve/insert mating geometry, units, version, resin preparation/finishing and reuse terms. |
| Z-Plasty Simulator (maxSIMhealth) | Two EcoTough PLA moulds for skin/scar and muscle layers; silicone is cast. Methods. | No matching design deposit located. Both inspected commits in the earlier 2022 workshop repository contain eight empty STL entries. The repository has no alternative branch. Those placeholders do not supply the moulds used in the reported 2023 workshop. | Article CC BY 4.0; no separate geometry terms established. | Original skin/muscle mould files, dimensions and scar variant; keep separate from the other Z-Plasty Simulator page. |
Scope notes
[edit | edit source]The basic Long Bone Drilling Simulator uses bamboo or PPR in the inspected developer build; it does not inherit the Medical Makers tibial or humeral files. Hanssen, Kurashima and VesselBox/Hu keyword matches did not establish required printed components. The other cases without a dedicated file search remain in the full inventory with their coverage limits.
The ABS cartilage components in White UW and D'Auria remain printed candidates even though their tracheal tube is cardboard. The surviving REAL CRIC file belongs to the Kei/Calvo source lineage and must not be relabelled as their cartilage assembly. No messages or requests to authors have been sent.