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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.

Prodways, 3D Printers, DENTAL PRO

Prodways announces the launch of a new series of dental 3D printers

French OEM Prodways has just launched the DENTAL PRO Series, a new series of 3D printers designed for the dental sector. Designed to address the increasing pressure to produce high-quality, intricate dental models within shorter...
Sparsh Hospitals, 3D Printing Lab, Orthopaedic, Prosthetics

Sparsh Hospitals opens an on-site 3D printing lab

Sparsh Hospitals has opened a modern on-site 3D printing lab facility at Infantry Road. It has advanced 3D printing technology to deliver orthopedic and personalized medical care. The 3D printing lab from Sparsh Hospitals integrates...
WIMBA, Pet Orthotics, 3D Printing, Pets

WIMBA opens an in-house 3D printing facility for customized pet orthotics and prosthetics

The custom-fit, ultra-light 3D-printed pet orthotics provider, WIMBA has opened a 3D printing facility in Kraków, Poland. This strategic investment is an important step in WIMBA’s mission to deploy precise mobility care for pets...
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...