3D Printed Shoulder - deep dissection of a right shoulder girdle, preserving a complete scapula, lateral clavicle, and proximal humerus

This 3D printed specimen preserves a deep dissection of a right shoulder girdle, consisting of a complete scapula, lateral clavicle, and proximal humerus. In the anterior view, the subscapularis muscle is present but sectioned to highlight the cross-sectional thickness of the belly within the subscapular fossa.

The coracoclavicular ligament and coracoacromial ligaments lie just medial to the insertions of the coracobrachialis and pectoralis minor muscles on the coracoid process of the scapula.

The insertion of the tendon of the latissimus dorsi is covered by the tendon of the long head of the biceps brachii muscle passing in the bicipital groove towards the glenohumeral joint capsule. The capsule has been opened anteriorly to expose the passage of this tendon, as well as the suprapinatus muscle (covered by the collapsed subdeltoid bursa).

In the posterior view the supraspinatus muscle is preserved while the infraspinatus and teres muscles have been removed to expose the posterior glenohumeral joint capsule. The terminal insertions of the long head of the triceps brachii, infraspinatus, and teres minor muscles are all preserved.

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These items normal warranty are two years, however the warranty doesn’t cover “wear and tear”. The manufacturer does have 100% quality control on these models.

The models are very detailed and delicate. With normal production machines you cannot realize such details like shown in these models.
The printer used is a color-plastic printer. This is the most suitable printer for these models.
The plastic material is already the best and most suitable material for these prints. (The other option would be a kind of gypsum, but this is way more fragile. You even cannot get them out of the printer without breaking them).The huge advantage of the prints is that they are very realistic as the data is coming from real human specimen. Nothing is shaped or stylized.

The users have to handle these prints with utmost care. They are not made for touching or bending any thin nerves, arteries, vessels etc. The 3D printed models should sit on a table and just rotated at the table.