McLaren Applied Technologies, a member of the McLaren Group best known for automotive production, has used a range of 3D technologies to develop a medical breastplate. Known as Project Invincible, the product borrows features from the McLaren Racing’s Formula racing cars to achieve three key aims, protecting the body from initial impact, transferring the load […]
In 2015, coronary heart diseases killed 7.4 million people worldwide. Additive manufacturing technologies may now hold the key to drastically reducing this number, as the NewGen-Stent Research Project, dedicated to developing advanced heart stents receives €220 thousand of research funding from the Bavarian Research Foundation (Bayerische Forschungsstiftung). Using the non-profit’s funding, the NewGen-Stent project is working […]
A research team at Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) has used 3D printing to develop bio-blood-vessels (BBV) from a bioink made of vascular tissue. The results of the work are published in a new study that shows how tissue engineering with 3D bioprinting can open, “new avenues for regenerating ischemic diseases, replacing […]
Align Technology Inc., the company behind the Invisalign range of clear-aligner orthodontics, are on track for $1.5 billion in sales this year, according to a new article published by Forbes. Align has already earned $660 million in the first two quarters of the year, the majority of which comes from clear aligners, and rest from […]
This article in our thought leadership series examining the future of 3D printing looks at possibilities for bio-fabrication and skin tissue regeneration. Professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Parma, Lisa Elviri is founder and CEO at Srl. Since 2001 she has been a researcher at the University of Parma gaining a sound experience […]
The use of 3D printers is expanding within and across many industries. Creative applications for 3D printing technology are being unveiled each and every day by firms in the manufacturing, architecture and defense sectors. The medical industry in particular is experiencing a kind of revolution in the way it has embraced the technology and put […]
Belgium-based Materialise has announced this its 3D printed titanium TRUMATCH® maxillofacial implants for jaw and facial reconstructions have been certified for distribution within the U.S. The implants are the first of their kind to be cleared for distribution in the one of the largest healthcare markets in the world, and are already available across Australia […]
In an operation believed to be the first of its kind in the world Reuben Lichter, in Australia, has received a 3D printed shin bone to restore disintegrated bone in his right leg. The procedure was completed in a series of five operations at Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH). The replacement tibia was modeled by […]
In the Gaza strip, blockades, economic downturn, and persistent conflict have made medical equipment and resources scarce and unaffordable. NGOs have been left to help to help with medical care, with Medecins Sans Frontières reporting that it performed most of its burns treatment and surgical operations on children under 16. However, even bringing in medical […]
In case studies all around the world, 3D printing is growing as an effective method of making patient-specific medical implants. Typically, these implants are made based on data gathered from CT/MRI scans and x-rays. However, CT/MRI/x-ray image data is not ideal for direct-import into CAD modeling software. A new report from researchers in Jiangsu Sheng, […]
