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Medical & Healthcare 3D Printing

Experts of this field establish a huge difference between medical and healthcare. Medical Care is a SERVICE practice whereas “Healthcare” refers to a whole industry or system of which medical care is only a subset. In this segment, both terms are often used interchangeably to discuss the impact of additive manufacturing technologies within these fields.

LuxCreo, EMA Sleep, Sleep Apnea, EMA device

LuxCreo to 3D print an FDA-approved EMA 3D sleep apnea device

LuxCreo, a 3D printer manufacturer and developer of medical products, has entered the $500 billion medical device market by collaborating with EMA Sleep to ensure the advanced manufacturing process of EMA devices. EMA Sleep...
Ricoh USA, Insight Surgery, Surgical Guides, 3D Printing

Ricoh & Insight Surgery partner to offer 3D printed surgical guides

Ricoh USA, Inc. and Insight Surgery, an expert in personalized surgical planning and guide production, partner to provide healthcare professionals with 3D printed surgical guides. This is not Ricoh’s first collaboration to develop surgical...
Exactech, Tibial Implants, Vantage®, Ankle Surgery

Exactech announces the completion of their first ankle surgery with 3D printed tibial implants

A global medical tech firm - Exactech has announced the successful completion of the first ankle replacement surgery with its Vantage® Ankle 3D and 3D+ tibial implants. The MD of St. Luke’s University Health Network,...

Current possibilities of Additive Manufacturing in the cranio-maxillofacial field

A conversation with Prof. Florian Thieringer. Among the wide range of specialists found in medicine, I have often called craniomaxillofacial surgeons gifted artists. Their ability to treat the soft tissue and skeletal structures of...
VA, RTB, Veterans, OAM, CT Scan, Veteran Affairs, FDA, Radiation

VA improves radiation therapy for veterans with 3D printed boluses

VA is a Veteran Affairs department from the US government that pledged to protect the veteran survivors' families who have served as military personnel. VA’s Office of Advanced Manufacturing (OAM) creates patient-based, FDA-approved Radiotherapy...
Nvision, FDA Clearance, PEEK Interbody System, PEEK-OPTIMA™

Nvision secures FDA clearance for 3D-printed porous PEEK interbody system

San Antonio-based medical device & implant manufacturing company Nvision Biomedical Technologies & Invibio Biomaterial Solutions™ from the UK received FDA clearance for their 3D-printed porous PEEK interbody system.  The 3D-printed PEEK interbody system was made...

Approval of medical 3D printed products and their market access

“Just because you can print it doesn’t mean you can use it.” While the healthcare and medical industries are the first sectors to propel the growth of Additive Manufacturing (AM), this sentence from 3D-Side resonated...

Amnovis already 3D printed 50,000 titanium implants using a heat-treatment-free process

Amnovis, the Belgian manufacturer of 3D printed titanium implants, has achieved an important milestone with the production of 50,000+ titanium implants. The company started providing this manufacturing service in 2021 -  using a heat...
Kinos, Total Ankle System, restor3D, Implant

Restor3d launches personalized solution for ankle arthroplasty: Kinos Range

Restor3d, a 3D-printed orthopedic implant manufacturer, announced the market release of the Kinos Range, an articulating surface to the Kinos Total Ankle System family.  The company explains that this new offering of vitamin E crosslinked...
Desktop Health, Desktop Metal, LuxCreo's Printers, Flexcera

Desktop Health qualifies Flexcera family resins for LuxCreo 3D printers

Desktop Health, a subsidiary of Desktop Metal, announced that its Flexcera® family of FDA-cleared nanoceramic polymers, used in dental cosmetic, restorative, and removable applications, are now compatible with LuxCreo's 3D printers.  Known for their orthodontic...

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