3D Printing and COVID-19 (Update March 27)
As countries around the world grapple with the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), there have been several 3D printing-related occurrences worth reporting. Last month we told you about ...
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Medical
Polytechnic University 3D Prints Face Shields to Combat Coronavirus
The medical industry’s adoption of 3D printing is well documented and widespread. There are printed hips, trachea, bladders, cranial implants, and much more. With the ongoing spread of the ...
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GE Healthcare Partners With Formlabs To Improve Anatomical Model 3D Printing
If you’ve ever laid in an MRI or CT machine, you’ve probably stared at the GE logo on the equipment as there’s not much else to do while the images are taken. GE makes a lot of the imaging ...
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How Surgical Residents Can Benefit from 3D Printing
The traditional way for surgical residents to learn and improve at procedures is to use cadavers (human corpses) that were donated to science and perform practical surgery training on them. ...
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Webinar On High-Temperature Polymers
High-temperature polymers are all the rage right now in 3D printing, and for good reason. Materials like PEEK, PEKK, and ULTEM are reshaping the manufacturing space with their high ...
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Life-Size 3D Printed Models Aid Doctors in Canada
With the help of the University Health Network’s Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, doctors in Canada are creating accurate, life-size 3D printed models for better pre-operative preparation. The ...
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Newcastle Hospitals Set Up In-House 3D Printing Lab For Anatomical Models
Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeons at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are setting up a new in-house 3D printing facility for the creation of anatomical models. The facility will cater ...
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Kumovis R1: 3D Printer with an Integrated Cleanroom
Munich-based Kumovis released its debut 3D printing system, gearing it towards medical applications and products. The company is touting the printer's ability to convert the build chamber ...
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3D Printed Meshes Mimic Ankle Tissue-Like Mechanics
Medical 3D printing has always taken cues from biology to develop new functional parts and prosthetics. With the advanced engineering capabilities the technology allows, researchers have ...
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Biocompatible Resins Launched by Zortrax
Zortrax has just launched a new line of biocompatible resins for medical and dental applications. These new materials are especially useful for bridges, crowns, surgical and prosthetic ...
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Ricoh Partners With Elixirgen Scientific to Develop 3D Bioprinted Products
Tokyo-headquartered digital technology company Ricoh has partnered with Baltimore-based stem cell research firm Elixirgen Scientific to develop new biomedical products and services that ...
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See-Shell: 3D Printed Transparent Skulls Aid in Brain Research
Researchers at University of Minnesota have created See-Shell, a transparent skull for studying neural activity in mice. The use of such monitoring tools to measure neural activity in real ...
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PEEK 3D Printing – Everything you need to know
PEEK is an extremely strong, durable, mechanically and chemically resistant material. PEEK is often compared with aluminum alloys, but PEEK is lighter than aluminum, making it the perfect ...
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Caeli: College Students Print Respiratory Aids For Patients
While we often discuss the impact of pollution on the environment and in general, there are certain groups that face worse challenges from it. Unclean air pollution causes roughly 7 million ...
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Candoable 3D Prints Braille Labels For Everyday Containers
While new technologies have made the lives of visually impaired persons far better, there's still a long way to go. Even though all sorts of devices like braille watches and reading aids ...
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3D Printed Sponge Aids in Chemotherapy
Steven Hetts, interventional radiologist at UC San Francisco, and Nitash Balsara, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, are working ...
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Betatype Engine Improves Orthopaedic Implant Internal Geometry
London-based Betatype are an advanced manufacturing company that found a new way to improve orthopaedic care. Betatype identified a means of making crucial, metal orthapaedic implants far ...
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Life-size 3D Printed Human Body Could Aid Cancer Treatments
From prosthetics to anatomical models, 3D printing has helped copy the human body in many ways. One such case is Marie, a life-size 3D printed human body derived from full-body scans of five ...
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3D Printed Capsule Diagnoses & Administers Drugs Via Smartphone
Researchers at MIT, Draper, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have designed an ingestible 3D printed capsule that can doctors can control using Bluetooth wireless technology. In effect, the ...
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Precise Bio Working Towards 4D Bioprinting Corneas
Precise Bio are planning to bring medical applications like printed corneas to the market in a big way. While the company is not ready for clinical treatment, they are setting up operations ...
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