Doctors in Argentina have enlisted a 3D printer to reconstruct a patient’s trachea. The novel procedure took place at the Hospital Centro de Salud in Tucumán, Argentina. Antonia Albarracín underwent the surgery 8 months ago and now doctors have released the full details of her successful recovery. Remarkably, the woman can now breathe, eat and talk […]
Singapore’s National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC), the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the country’s Economic Development Board have invested $13.2 million in a new specialist biomedical facility. The National University of Singapore Centre for Additive Manufacturing (AM.NUS) has been opened to strengthen Singapore’s international position in the field of 3D printing. It is already […]
3D printed Cellular Titanium® spinal support implants are now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Made by German medical device firm Emerging Implant Technologies GmbH …
Research has been conducted into the viability of 3D printed removable partial dentures (RPD) in comparison to conventionally cast metal RPDs.
The outcome of the month-long …
Researchers at ETH Zurich have created a silicone artificial heart using a 3D printer. According to the Swiss group, the silicone structure is “the first entirely soft …
The British National Health Service (NHS) has appointed its first ever biomedical 3D technician to create 3D printed models for facial reconstruction surgery.
With a background …
Swiss hearing solutions technology company Sonova started using 3D printers for custom hearing aids at the start of the millennium.
Expanding on this additive expertise, Sonova’s …
British chemical company Johnson Matthey has identified the potential of 3D printing with precious metals for medical applications. As part of consortium the company use …
The American Breast Cancer Organisation estimates that over a quarter of million people will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017, with 252,710 cases in women …
Every year in the United Arab Emirates approximately 500 babies are born with heart disease. In order to bring this rate down to less than …