Tag: 3D printed implant
3D printing helps Madrid hospital avoid a leg amputation with a metamaterial bone implant
Spain-based Gregorio Marañón Hospital has avoided the amputation of a leg to a 38-year-old patient suffering from a high-grade bone sarcoma in his tibia....
Materialise broadens CMF offering with patient-specific PEEK implants
Materialise has added custom PEEK (polyetheretherketone) implants to its cranio-maxillofacial (CMF) portfolio.
This means that surgeons working with the Belgian 3D printing service bureau could now...
A 3D printed implant helps man regenerate jaw
When John Manwaring lost half of his jaw to cancer, he started having trouble breathing, speaking and eating. The man of 58 had his...
FDA approves First 3D Printed talus implant for humanitarian use
U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Patient Specific Talus Spacer 3D-printed talus implant for humanitarian use. The Patient Specific Talus Spacer is the...