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.

The must-have technical features in an automated powder removal system

With key examples on medical 3D printing. Most of the time when we talk to an additive manufacturing user, one of the challenges that keeps coming back when using additive manufacturing is the post-processing stage...

3D Systems forms new Bioprinting company: Systemic Bio™

Systemic Bio’s efforts will be supported by an initial $15 million seed investment from 3D Systems, which, given the maturity of the underlying materials and process technology, is envisioned to support them through the...

DOSSIER: The different roads that lead to effective 3D bioprinting

Whenever one reads an announcement that highlights 3D printed organs, one can easily be tempted to think that these organs can already be implanted within a human body but reality shows that there is...

How Veterans Affairs uses medical 3D printing to assist in surgeries

Ever since US military has started allocating a defined budget to 3D printing projects, we saw the technology being used in construction, on ships, and for activities on the battlefield. It’s interesting to see...

For Those Who Struggle to Choose Products That Align With Their Skincare Needs, a 3D AI Skin Analysis System Could Help

As health and wellness have come into focus amid the global pandemic, people's perceptions of beauty have also evolved. According to a beauty insight report from Edge, 56% of consumers favor skincare products more now...

Europe-based surgeons now have access to a patient specific 3D printed bone, to treat patients with severe facial deformations.

Two years ago at a medical 3D printing event where I served as a moderator, one of the presenters explained that applications of 3D printed patient specific solutions were very much needed to facilitate...

Breast Implant: 3D Printed Scaffold, an alternative to silicone implants?

From a 3D-printed scaffold to new breasts - So far, when we talked about breast implant, we were thinking of a few alternatives that had been launched to help breast cancer survivors to get confidence...

Doctors complete 3D Printed Titanium Jaw Transplantation on Cancer Patient

After four years of intensive research by the Netherlands Cancer Institute and the Dutch Mobius 3D Technology (M3DT), a titanium lower jaw was implanted for the first time in a head and neck cancer...

Stryker to create 600 new jobs through the opening of a new additive manufacturing facility

Stryker, one of the world's leading medical technology companies, today celebrated the official opening of the high-tech facility at Anngrove with a visit from Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD, the IDA and other local guests....

Dental family practice reports on how a medical grade 3D printer has helped to reduce handling times while improving productivity  

 Dee for Dentist, a Las Vegas based family practice that provides digital dentistry, has recently acquired a medical grade 3D printer for dentistry – the Primeprint 3D Printing System by Dentsply Sirona. The automated advanced printer provides...

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