3d printed bone replacement

Lithoz Premieres Improved Ceramic for 3D Printed Bone Replacements

Vienna, Austria-based Lithoz, which recently added to its ceramic 3D printing portfolio with the acquisition of German startup CerAMing, was one of many AM industry companies that attended formnext 2022 in…

3D Printing News Briefs, April 23, 2022: Business, Bioprinting, & More

We’re starting with plenty of business in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as Xaar, AddUp, and Sigma Labs all have new executives to announce. Moving on, polySpectra is offering a…

3D Printed Bone Scaffolds Could Heal Devastating Injuries

Dr. John A. Svizek, a scientist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, has received a five-year, $2 million grant from the United States Department of Defense…

Chinese Researchers Validate Effectiveness of Teenager’s 3D Printed Custom Knee Joint Replacement Prosthesis

When the cells in a person’s bone divide uncontrollably, a mass of invasive tissue, better known as a tumor, develops. While most bone tumors are benign, malignant forms occur most…

Australian Researchers Using Bioengineering and 3D Printing to Design Better Replacement Bone Ligament Constructs

The most common type of wrist ligament injury occurs with the Scapholunate Interosseous Ligament (SLIL). Injuries to this particular ligament can lead to the dislocation of the lunate and scaphoid carpal bones…

3D Printed Bone Replica Helps Pilot with Ankle Cysts Keep Flying High

The talus, part of the tarsus group of foot bones that transmits the entire weight of the body to the foot, is a large ankle bone that articulates with the tibia…

3D Printing May Create Safer, Stronger Bone Grafts

3D printing research at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Okanagan has previously focused on quantum 3D printing, a unique algorithm for creating 3D shapes, and 3D printed devices that…

University of Glasgow Receives £2.8 Million to Develop 3D Printed Bone for Landmine Survivors

Every year, about 4,300 people are killed by landmines. In 2015, the number of deaths was the highest it had been in a decade. The number of people injured by…

Stryker Conducts Successful Pre-Clinical Trial on 3D Printed Tritanium PL Interbody Cage

When it comes to utilizing 3D printing technology to produce medical devices and tools, there is usually a comprehensive trial that these printed materials must undergo before they can be…

3D Bioprinting Company EpiBone Receives Funding from Plum Alley Investments

While 3D printing technology may have a wide range of applications where it has proven useful, the industry itself is quite limited overall as far as the diversity of those involved with…

College Students Win Seed Money to Launch OsBot Human Bone Replicating 3D Printer

Advances in 3D printing technology have begun to have a transformative effect on the medical community. We’ve all read the stories of 3D printed hands and other prosthetic devices, but…

Russian Researchers Say 3D Printing with Animal Bone May Regenerate Human Bones, Manage Pain

Some of us have had the experience ourselves, regretfully, of enduring a trauma resulting in a broken limb which never completely healed. More often, we know others who have been through falls, motorcycle…

Chinese Doctors 3D Print and Implant Shoulder and Pelvic Bone Replacements

Doctors in Xi’an, China, used 3D-printed titanium body parts to replace cancer-ridden bones in patients, reported China Daily. In three different cases, doctors were able to print and implant prostheses of…