MIT Prints Soft Robotic Heart that Mimics Real Heart
Engineers at MIT have developed a procedure to 3D print soft and flexible, patient-specific replicas of the heart and aorta. By mimicking the... read more »
Medical
Chinese Hospital Uses 3D Printing as Guide for Bone Replacement Surgery
Kienböck disease is a condition that causes chronic wrist pain, leading to weakness in grasping and loss of hand function. The disease is... read more »
Engineers Use iPhone for Custom 3D Printed Prosthetics
LIMBER Prosthetics & Orthotics, a California-based startup company, aims to address the problem of lack of proper prosthetics for amputees by using 3D... read more »
Engineers Use Micro-SLA to 3D Print Medical Probe Tips
A team of engineers from RNDR Medical, Louisville, Kentucky has developed a cutting-edge single-use endourologic scope designed for the direct visualization and navigation... read more »
Researchers Using 4D Printing to Improve Ligament Surgery
A Ph.D. candidate at Florida Tech is researching ways to improve ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstruction surgery outcomes with 4D printing. Researcher Nashaita... read more »
First 3D Printed Pediatric Medicine Trials to begin in Europe
A hospital in Spain is launching a study to test the efficacy, tolerability, and acceptance of a drug produced for children using a... read more »
AI + AM Used to Make Custom Finger Joint Implants
Joint conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, or those resulting from injuries can cause physical misery and even ruin the careers of professionals requiring... read more »
3D Printed Breast Cancer Tumor Model Demonstrates Tumor Reduction
A team of researchers from Penn State University have recently published a paper in the Advanced Functional Materials and Biofabrication journals, detailing their... read more »
Using AI and AM for Organoid Production
Living organs for medical experimentation are pretty hard to come by, on account of human beings actually using them on a day to... read more »
Researchers Print Nanoscale Brain Electrodes
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have revealed a printed device that could one day help sufferers of various neurological problems such as epilepsy... read more »
AM Device to Help People with Lupus
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that causes the body to attack healthy tissue. According to WebMD, lupus affects women way... read more »
Rabbit Gets Printed Cornea
Researchers from Hyderabad in India have successfully transplanted a 3D printed cornea onto a rabbit, which will pave the way for transplants onto... read more »
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 »
AM Prototyping used to Develop Shoe for Diabetics
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 »
AM Smart Spinal Implants for Monitoring Patient Healing
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 »
3D Printed Living Ear Successfully Implanted on Patient
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 »
Clinical Reliability of FFF Printed PEEK Implants Quantified
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 »
3D Printed Compression Masks Treating Burns in Gaza
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 »
Metal AM Medical Implants Taking off in China
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 »
Researchers Grow Brain in 3D Printed Microfluidic Bioreactor
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 »
