Medical 3D Printing

In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start off with some business news, as Xact Metal announced continued double digit growth in Q2 and Q3 of 2025, and the…

Christopher Chen, one of the architects behind Harvard’s 3D Organ Engineering Initiative, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), a rare honor that points to just how…

A North Texas team is using 3D printing to make smaller, low-cost Narcan vending machines, helping more communities get access to a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses and save…

Exciting news to kick off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs: Formlabs Co-Founder and CEO Max Lobovsky is the recipient of the 2026 AMUG Innovators Award. Then, America Makes announced a…

A team of orthopedic surgeons in South Korea has successfully replaced an entire ankle bone — the talus — with a custom 3D printed titanium implant. The study, published in…

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine), and the New York Institute of Technology have 3D printed one of the most realistic models of the human colon ever…

Each October, the world turns pink to remind us of a difficult truth: breast cancer is still the most common cancer among women. While survival rates keep improving, the path…

A PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University was inspired by her friend’s arthritis struggles to come up with a better solution than a stiff finger brace. Her idea was a customizable…

In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Velo3D and Dyndrite have announced an integration partnership. NCDMM announced the Director for the new Youngstown Innovation Hub for Aerospace and Defense, and…

The potential for additive manufacturing (AM) in the military is by no means limited to applications like propulsion hardware, drones, and explosives. 3D printed medical devices, for instance, have attracted…

We’re starting with material news in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as Continuum Powders has announced availability of its Cobalt-Chrome F75 powder. Moving on, Dyndrite LPBF Pro now supports…

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Florida International University acquired a WarpSPEE3D printer from SPEE3D for rapid production of large-scale metal parts. QuickParts announced an extension to its 3D printing…

We’re kicking things off today with a little business news, as Raplas appointed Multistation as a sales partner, and Carbon announced commercial availability of its dental FP3D resin in the…

For decades, orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) have been built by hand. Every brace, orthosis, or artificial limb reflected the skill of a trained craftsperson who shaped and adjusted it with…

When Lake Erie College junior Abby Butcher rescued Zelda, a goat with devastating leg injuries, she didn’t stop at saving the animal’s life. After Zelda’s amputation surgery, Abby turned to…

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Raise3D announced the launch of a new printer at FABTECH 2025, and EOS and AM Solutions share about their integrated post-processing ecosystem, first introduced…

Irish contract manufacturer Croom Medical specializes in orthopedic implants manufacturing and has deep experience in using LPBF. The company runs Colibrium, Renishaw, and 3D Systems metal printers and works in…

Dr. Jonathan Morris is the Executive Medical Director of Immersive and Experiential Learning at the Mayo Clinic. He is also the Medical Director of Biomedical and Scientific Visualization and helped…

When I visited Jennifer Lewis’s lab earlier this summer, doctoral researcher Paul Stankey showed me how the team is laying the groundwork for bioprinting, from stem cells to vascular networks…

In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start with some exciting funding news, as NIST has awarded over nearly $2 million to small businesses working to advance AI, additive…

A team of researchers from Korea and the U.S. has created a handheld 3D printing device that works like a glue gun, but instead of glue, it prints bone-like material…

At Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute at Harvard, Jennifer Lewis’s lab is at the intersection of biology and engineering. Part workshop, part incubator for…

HP is announcing that it will have a new generation of PA 11. With the 3D HR PA 11 Gen2 material, the company will offer up to 80% material reusability,…

The orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) industry is at a turning point. For much of its history, the process of designing and producing devices like braces, orthoses, and prosthetic limbs has…