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Brian M. May M ’00
Spring 2004
Bioengineering alumnus Brian May, currently of Leesburg, Ind., has
closely followed the progress of Egyptian conjoined twins Ahmed and
Mohamed Ibrahim, who were surgically separated last fall.
May is an engineer with Biomet Warsaw’s Patient-Matched Implant
(PMI) department. He and two other PMI engineers have worked in conjunction
with engineers from Biomet’s Biomaterials Research group to make
cranial implants for the twins.
The PMI engineers have designed metal struts to be incorporated into
an orthobiologic structure for support. The structure is designed to
regrow the twins’ missing cranial bone. Surgery is scheduled
for later this year.
PMI engineers are experienced in working with surgeons on difficult
cases — patients who have abnormal anatomy, multiple surgeries,
tumors or failed previous implants.
May and colleagues typically design implants for the ankle, knee, hip,
elbow and shoulder. They often make patient-matched implants for primary
surgeries on the knee and hip.
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