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.

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...

Triastek completes First In-Human study of its 3D Printed drug

Triastek, Inc, a medical 3D printing company developing a 3D printing process for the pharmaceutical industry, recently completed a first in human (FIH) study for its third 3D printed drug product, T21. T21 would...

Understanding SPID®, Laxxon’s Screen Printed Innovative Drug Technology and its business model

On March 8th, 2022, Laxxon (short for Laxxon Medical), a pharma-technology company appeared on our radar when Evonik Venture Capital, the venture capital business of specialty chemicals company Evonik, announced an investment that expanded...

Dynamix enables its cutomers to 3D print their orthotics at home. Here is how.

Dynamix, a provider of foot care solutions, announces a new product that allows customers to create accurate custom-made foot orthotics from the comfort of their own homes. With a $1 million-dollar 3D printing investment, the...

Q&A with Matthew Shomper on (Computational) DfAM & 3D Printed Medical Devices.

Matthew Shomper is an innovative engineering leader with extensive expertise in the computational design of biologically advantageous medical implants. With many cleared medical devices released into the field now residing in several patients across the world,...

Additive Talks: Is AM an untapped potential for exoskeleton applications?

Exoskeletons are one of the rare applications whose potential might go beyond the healthcare field to address the working conditions of the industry. They started raising our interest with the growing research on diseases related...

3D Pharma Printing: the path towards clinical applications

One of the great complexities in projecting the prescription drug benefit costs for future benefit years lies in tracking new therapies in the pharmaceutical development pipeline and anticipating both their release date and the...

Focus | The reasons why Lithoz’ Ceramic 3D printing is a great fit for restorative dentistry applications made with Lithium Disilicate

If you went to the dentist in the early 2000s, there is a great chance that you received a crown in metal or gold for your tooth that needed to be restored. Personally, seeing...

New 3D Printed Comfort3D Bite Splint addresses harmful effects of bruxism

LVDDS, a provider of digital dental solutions based in Las Vegas, has unveiled a new 3D printed Comfort3D™ Bite Splint to provide patients with relief from the harmful effects of bruxism. It was Glidewell...

What parts can be 3D printed in the manufacturing of exoskeletons?

Exoskeletons work as an addition to the body, strengthening or enhancing human mobility and abilities. Usually seen as a wearable robotic suit with an integrated system of computers designed to restore and augment movement...