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 »
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 »
In a presentation to the Innovation Committee of the IDIS Foundation (Institute for the Development and Integration of Health) in Spain, directors of... read more »
The Covid pandemic has shown a spike in output from home 3D printing enthusiasts and industrial bodies alike. Many online designs suffer from... read more »