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Australia: New Center to Train Students in 3D Printed Medical Implants
Australian researchers are developing the technology to produce 3D printed replacement joints and bones designed and built specifically for patients, and much more. The country is working on becoming a…
Qrons is Developing 3D Printable Implants to Treat Brain Injuries
Every year traumatic brain injuries (TBI) affect an average of 69 million individuals worldwide. Although the number is less than one percent of the total global population, it is large…
Romania: Comparing Additively and Conventionally Manufactured Patient-Specific Cranial Implants
A trio of researchers from Bucharest, Romania completed a multi-centre cohort study, entitled “3D patient specific implants for cranioplasty,” about 50 patients from 10 hospitals with a variety of cranial…
3D Printed PMMA: Poly(methyl methacrylate) for Cranial Implants
In the recently published, ‘Impact Optimization of 3D Printed Poly(methyl methacrylate) for Cranial Implants,’ Sandra Petersmann, Martin Spoerk, Philipp Huber, Margit Lang, Gerald Pinter, and Florian Arbeite explore FFF 3D…
3D Printing with Porous Ti6Al4V for Improved Dental Implants
As implants continue to be a challenge for dental patients, researchers from Taiwan are experimenting with better ways to accommodate bone defects after failed implants must be removed. Results of…
Nexxt Spine Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for 3D Printed Stand Alone Cervical Implants
Medical device company Nexxt Spine, founded in Indiana ten years ago, manufactures its own product line of spinal implants and instrumentation. This month, the company announced that its NEXXT MATRIXX Stand Alone…
Successes In 3D Printing Spinal Implants in Two Complex Cases
In the recently published ‘Challenges in the design and regulatory approval of 3D printed surgical implants: a two-case series,’ authors Koen Willemsen, Razmara Nizak, Herke Jan Noordmans, René M Castelein,…
University of Wollongong: Refining the Cochlear Implant with 3D Printing
In ‘3D Printing of Flexible Electrodes for Clinical Applications,’ Laura Blanco Peña of the University of Wollongong presents her thesis on the benefits of 3D printing in medicine, and specifically in…
Congenital Arhinia: 3D Printed Nasal Implants for Toddlers & Adolescents Awaiting Surgery
London researchers are concerned with a rare, congenital disease known as arhinia; there are, in fact, only 60 cases reported in research. In ‘Design and Manufacturing of a Patient-Specific Nasal…
