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.

Enhancing 3D printed medical implants using Evonik’s carbon fiber reinforced PEEK filament

Speciality chemicals producer Evonik is introducing a new carbon fiber 3D printing filament which can create 3D printed medical implants. Through this new material, Evonik continues to provide another alternative to metal 3D-printed implants.  The...

Can 3D printing enhance motion control systems used in digital pathology?

High-precision motion control systems are important for the medical diagnostics and healthcare field, and additive manufacturing could enhance the accuracy and efficiency of these systems. The latest motion control system manufacturer to showcase this...

Oxford scientists synthesize “brain injuries repairing” 3D printed tissues 

Oxford University researchers have made a breakthrough which opens the door to 3D printing technology usage in brain injury treatments. Scientists have developed a way to deploy neural cells as 3D-printed parts to mimic...

Humonix Biosciences unveils New 3D human tissue model

Humonix Biosciences, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical research company, has developed a new 3D human tissue model, called the retinal vascular dysfunction model. Humonix’s new model is a physiologically relevant 3D model of the blood-retinal barrier....

Thanks to flō, AM has found a new application within the ophthalmic industry

Jonathan Jaglom, a long time veteran of 3D Printing, has recently brought to our attention a few problems with coating processes: they are “typically time consuming, labour intensive, costly and limited” in terms of...

BellaSeno reports encouraging one-year results for its resorbable 3D printed implants

Remember BellaSeno? The medtech company utilizing Evonik’s materials to 3D print scaffolds for bone regeneration. Well, it has reported promising one-year follow-up data of its breast and pectus excavatum scaffolds. As a reminder, the company’s...

Boston Micro Fabrication debuts on dental market with “world’s thinnest” 3D printed dental veneer

New 3D printed veneers would be 3x thinner, durable and require less prep time for dentists Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF), a provider of manufacturing solutions for ultra-high precision applications, launches UltraThineer™, a 3D printed veneer...

How a 3D printed bandage helps deliver treatment for diabetic foot ulcers

Used for a variety of applications in the healthcare industry, 3D printed scaffolds are meeting the needs of treatments we do not always expect. The latest experiment in the field is presented by Researchers...

The medical 3D printing market keeps growing. How do the latest advancements in depowdering fit into this evolution?

A couple of years ago, I took part in a MedTech conference in Eindhoven (The Netherlands) where I accidentally stumbled upon a book that read: "modern medicine was no accident, except when it was....

Lightforce Orthodontics to boost production of 3D printed brackets with 80 million USD funding

With the funding, LightForce plans to scale production with a new facility, advance the use of AI in its workflows, and invest in education. LightForce Orthodontics, makers of personalized 3D printed braces system, raised an...

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