3d printed surgical tools
3D Printing News Briefs: March 13, 2020
We’re starting with a grand opening in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as Lithoz is opening its Innovation Lab. The University of Delaware has chosen Roboze technology to support its…
Honeybees’ Surgical Precision Inspires New Design for 3D Printed Needles
No one wants to be stung by a bee, or any insect. No matter if it’s a bee, a wasp, a hornet, etc., it’s going to hurt, and it’s going…
SME Announces Keynote Speakers for RAPID + TCT: 3D Printing in Sports, Aerospace, Medicine, The Future
Nonprofit organization SME, which supports the manufacturing industry, has spent months getting ready for the 2018 RAPID + TCT Conference, which begins this Monday, April 23, in Fort Worth, Texas….
MIT Researchers Create New Cellulose 3D Printing Process and Print Antimicrobial Surgical Tool
New 3D printing materials are constantly being developed, as scientists strive to come up with material that’s stronger, more versatile, more sustainable, etc. Materials development isn’t a simple process, but…
Microfabrica and US Endoscopy Partner to Create a Tiny 3D Printed Weapon in the Huge Battle Against Pancreatic Cancer
Any cancer diagnosis is frightening, but pancreatic cancer is especially so. It’s more difficult to treat than other types of cancers, as it spreads rapidly and is rarely detected until…
Team of Surgeons and Engineers Create FabLab, Accelerate Development of 3D Printing Technology in Madrid Hospital
The Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón in Madrid is known for being an excellent teaching and research hospital in addition to the great care it provides its patients. It’s also a…
Spanish Surgeons Use Patient-Specific 3D Printed Surgical Instruments
Surgeons tend to be on the cutting edge all around, pun intended. With lives held in their very hands as they perform procedures from the most routine to those that…
Researchers Use Origami to Design Tiny 3D Printed Surgical Instruments
When I was in elementary school, I read a book called Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, which tells the true story of a young Japanese girl who contracted leukemia from…
Orthopedic Surgeon Develops Game-Changing 3D Printed Tool for ACL Surgeries
“Not the ACL again.” I’ve said and heard this sentence many times as a lifelong baseball fan, whenever a vital player would be sent to the disabled list with a…
MedShape Receives FDA Clearance for 3D Printed Bone Tether Plate Which Repairs Foot Deformity
Hallux Valgus deformity, or as it’s more commonly known – a bunion – can be a debilitating foot ailment. It affects 23% of people age 18-65 each year, and it’s…
DragonFlex — A New 3D Printed Medical Device for Complex Procedures
Biomechanical engineer Filip Jelínek of the Austrian Center for Medical Innovation and Technology has developed prototypes for a medical device which use 3D design and printing which is likely to…
