3D printing giant Stratasys explores the bioprinting field through a collaboration with CollPlant Biotechnologies – a regenerative and aesthetic medicine company developing technologies and products for tissue regeneration and organ manufacturing.
Together they aim to develop a solution to bio-fabricate human tissues and organs using Stratasys’ P3 technology-based bioprinter and CollPlant’s rh-Collagen-based bioinks. The first project focuses on the development of a solution for CollPlant’s regenerative breast implants program.
The ultimate goal for the machine manufacturer Stratasys is to enable the production of CollPlant’s breast implants, with its precise P3™ 3D printing technology and CollPlant’s flagship bioinks.
Those breast implants are being designed to regenerate an individual’s natural breast tissue without eliciting immune response, providing a potentially revolutionary alternative for both aesthetic and reconstructive procedures.
Currently the global breast implant market is estimated to be $2.6 billion,1 while breast reconstruction and augmentation procedures represent the second most common plastic surgery procedure performed worldwide today2. The most common breast augmentation or reconstruction procedures today are based on synthetic silicone breast implantations, an artificial substitution for natural regenerated tissue with risks of complications.
Under the agreement, both companies have agreed to cross-promote each other’s bioprinting products. Stratasys’ bioprinter will be offered to customers together with CollPlant’s bioinks, and similarly Stratasys’ bioprinter will be offered to CollPlant’s business partners and customers.
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