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.

A jaw implant 3D printed with Lithoz ceramic 3D printing is successfully placed in a patient

The EU-funded INKplant project made up of 19 interdisciplinary partners ambitions to produce 3D printed patient-specific implants to treat various pathologies affecting the elderly. The...

Additive Talks | Key differences between polymer and metal 3D printed implants

If medical implants such as pacemakers, artificial joints, and dental implants – to name a few, have significantly enhanced the quality of life for...

Yale completes first in-house 3D surgical case

The first in-house, custom, personalized 3D surgical procedure repaired a distal radius malunion, which is caused when a broken forearm heals incorrectly, resulting in...

Glidewell unveils new 3D-printed mandibular advancement device

Medical device manufacturer Glidewell has developed a new solution that could be used during snoring and sleep apnea therapies. Named Silent Nite® 3D Sleep Appliance,...

3D Systems receives FDA Clearance for 3D-Printed PEEK Cranial Implants

This FDA clearance enables 3D Systems to significantly expand its PEEK product portfolio through the EXT 220 MED platform. The Food and Drug Administration...

GE Additive team returns to the Cincinnati Zoo, this time to create a metal 3D printed cast.

The first time we talked about the use of metal 3D printing in a zoo, it was 4 years ago when Cincinnati Zoo &...

Download the 2024 March/April edition of 3D ADEPT Mag

When you know that an application or solution can change someone's life, every explanation can be a real puzzle to demystify. Yet, this time...

Biomedical 3D printing company completes 700 successful cases for craniomaxillofacial implants

ArcomedLab, a Chilean-North American company specializing in biomedical 3D printing, achieves one of the largest case lists for craniomaxillofacial implants. With 700 successful cases...

BellaSeno’s 3D-printed resorbable scaffold is used in critical-size large segmental radius bone defect

A team at the Hannover Medical School, Clinic for Trauma Surgery, led by Prof. Dr. med. Philipp Mommsen successfully used a 3D-printed resorbable scaffold...

3D printing company Materialise could enhance jaw treatments with a 3 in 1 solution

Materialise, a 3D printing company that provides personalized medical solutions, has developed a Personalized TMJ Total Arthroplasty System, a 3-in-1 solution to treat patients...
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