UAE Researchers Print Color Blindness Glasses
Researchers from Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi have successfully printed glasses for aiding people living with color blindness. Using photopolymer resins, they printed... read more »
Researchers from Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi have successfully printed glasses for aiding people living with color blindness. Using photopolymer resins, they printed... read more »
Diabetes can cause nerve damage and poor circulation in the feet, which can lead to foot ulcers, blisters, pain, and foot infections. In... read more »
The spinal implant industry is a huge adopter of additive manufacturing due to the highly bespoke requirements for spinal implants. And it is... read more »
New York-based company 3DBio Therapeutics has announced the successful implant of a 3D printed ear onto a patient suffering from microtia, a condition... read more »
Machined PEEK plastic has been used in custom cranial implants for some time, as it is strong, light, and biocompatible. Recent efforts have... read more »
In 2020, a gas leak at a bakery in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, caused an inferno resulting in 25 fatalities and dozens of... read more »
China is embracing metal additive manufacturing for the large scale manufacture of medical implants. Beijing-based AK Medical have been in the implant game... read more »
Microfluidic systems may be small, but they’re likely to be among the fastest growing applications for 3D printing in the coming years due... read more »
Researchers at the University of South Australia (UniSA) in Adelaide, Australia, have manufactured an esophageal stent which can help treat cancer patients. Stents... read more »
The research forefront of 3D printing for spines is ever advancing, and China offers the latest advancement with Huaxiang Group’s AM titanium spinal... read more »
In 2018, we covered a research project where the team developed highly stretchable hydrogel for 3D printing that could be used in all... read more »
An infant in Dehli, India, has had a medical condition called Trigonocephaly treated with the aid of additive manufacturing. Patients with Trigonocephaly are... read more »
A recently developed ventilator has been unveiled by a team of researchers from Hungary, and they hope that the modular system, which has... read more »
Custom earware is not limited to hearing aids. Learn how ACS has set out to bring bespoke hearing protection..
Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that can be caused by a number of muscular and neuromuscular conditions. It affects 2-3%... read more »
The market for microfluidic chambers is still small, mostly because the technology to create them effectively hasn’t been around that long. 3D printing... read more »
The hearing aid industry was one of the first sectors to employ 3D printing in mass production of products. Every ear is different,... read more »
Tunable stiffness is highly desirable in the world of medical implant manufacture. When 3D printing prosthetics (especially bone replacements) it’s important to get... read more »
It is no secret that COVID has put a strain on medical device production. Items ranging from PPE equipment to nasal swabs to... read more »
If you just place an orthopedic implant into a human being without considering the flexibility of the replacement bone, then you risk what... read more »