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Dassault Systèmes Announces Extended FDA Partnership, Dassault Aviation Collaboration, Earnings

Dassault Systèmes makes numerous announcements this week, as they continue to lead in partnerships and projects around the world, usually connected to their proprietary 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Currently the FDA has…

3D Printed Hearts: Children’s Memorial Health Institute Uses In-House 3D Lab to Improve Patient Care

As a country, Poland has shown an expansive and impressive interest in 3D printing. From successful manufacturers like ZMorph and Zortrax to satellite and automotive companies, a unique and varied…

3D Printed Patient-Specific Heart Models Used in Complex Pediatric Surgeries in China’s Hunan Province for the First Time

Time and time again, we see the massive benefits of 3D printing in the medical world. 3D printed patient-specific models of the body’s organs can help surgeons plan out their…

Healthcare Institutions Partner to Create Comprehensive Online Library of 3D Heart Models

While 3D printing and 3D scanning technologies are becoming more standard in healthcare, they’re still very new, and in some cases, experimental. We cover a lot of stories about lifesaving surgeries…

Poland: 3D Printed Fetal Hearts Help Educate All Involved During the Ultrasound & After

There are many milestones in pregnancy, and they are generally all very exciting—whether it is your first baby or your fourth. Verifying that you are really pregnant is the first…

OpHeart Works to Mainstream the Use of 3D Printed Heart Models for Pediatric Surgeons

When Ariana Garcia was six weeks old, she suddenly stopped breathing. When she went limp in her father’s arms, her parents rushed her to the emergency room. They sat in the…

3D Printed Heart Models Help Doctors Size Cardiac Watchman Device

In yet another application of 3D printing to medical planning, Australian physicians are now using the technology to build exact replicas of a patient’s cardiac anatomy when planning for what…

Spectrum Health 3D Prints the First Heart Model Using Multiple Imaging Techniques

Surgeons have been using 3D printed models of their patients’ hearts for preoperative planning and strategizing for a while now. While not yet quite routine, the practice has still become…

3D Systems & Cardiologists Help Toddler Breathe Easier Thanks to 3D Printed Heart Model

The complexities and impacts 3D printing is making on the world are myriad. We report on so many amazing companies and innovations that are, indeed, changing the world and processes…

A 3D Printed Model of 20-Month-Old’s Heart May Have Saved His Life

With less than 24 hours to go before he faced heart surgery to relocate heart vessels which were constricting and compressing his wind pipe and esophagus, tiny not-quite-two-year-old Liam Summers…

Researchers Use 3D Printed Models to Save Lives with Delicate Ventricular Surgery

Postinfarction ventricular septal defect, or VSD, is an uncommon — but serious — complication of acute myocardial infarction and it’s often deadly. Doctors say the event happens within 2-8 days…

The Living Heart Project: Dassault Systèmes Signs Agreement with FDA for 5-Year Collaborative Research

Heart disease: its’ a terrifying reality for many millions of people today, and is the leading cause of death. An estimate from the World Health Organization pinned cardiovascular diseases as responsible…