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Study Shows 3D Printing Technology’s Feasibility in Pelvic Implants
A research team from the Peking University People’s Hospital and Key Laboratory for Musculoskeletal Tumor of Beijing has successfully demonstrated the feasibility of 3D printing technology in pelvic endoprostheses. By definition,…
Australian Woman’s Smile is Restored by 3D Printed Titanium Jaw Implant
Susie Robinson was 20 years old when the car she was driving went off the road and crashed into a tree one evening in 1989. The policeman who arrived on…
Renishaw Helps to Create 3D Printed Orbital Implant for Complex Surgery in Nepal
When a deadly, 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal in April of 2015, killing thousands of people, the 3D printing community jumped right in to offer assistance, from a 3D printable…
British Patient Recovering Successfully Following Implant of World-First 3D Printed Titanium and Polymer Sternum
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), the federal government agency for scientific and medical research in Australia, successfully integrated 3D printed titanium and polymer sternum implants into a British…
For the First Time in India, 3D Printed Titanium Vertebrae Restore a Woman’s Damaged Spine
Most people know tuberculosis as a disease of the lungs, but that’s not always the case. For a 32-year-old woman in India, the disease manifested in her spine – in…
Walking Again! Patient in China Credits Cure to 3D Printing & Spinal Implant Surgery
Oh 3D printing, how much do we love you? A lot, according to a man in China who just took his first steps in quite some time, and is extremely…
As Arthritis Becomes More Widespread, 3D Printing Technology Plays Larger Role in Treatment
As May, which just so happens to be National Arthritis Awareness Month, comes to a close, it only seems right to take an in-depth look at this widespread disease, as well…
Cancer Patient Receives 3D Printed Titanium Vertebrae in History-Making Procedure
Receiving a diagnosis of cancer – any kind of cancer – is hard enough, but imagine being told that your particular type of cancer is going to cause you to…
African Seven-Year-Old Receives Life-Changing 3D Printed Forehead Implant
One of the worst things a child can experience is to be set apart due to a physical deformity or abnormality. Even the smallest things can lead to angst that…
Croatian Cancer Patient Receives First All Acrylic 3D Printed Vertebra with Great Success
In following the vast world of 3D printing, we cover a wide range of innovations in the medical industry, and it seems each is more exciting than the last. Today’s…
3D Printing Gives Cancer Patient New Ribs and Sternum in First-of-Its-Kind Surgery
Stories of 3D printing being used to create custom medical implants are becoming more and more commonplace. However, there’s something so akin to a miracle in the way that the…
Surgeons Create 3D Printed Custom Implant to Restore Pelvis after Resection
After experiencing left hip pain for over a year, a 65-year-old patient, Mr. “Smith,” was scheduled to undergo an operation to a pelvic tumor and thereafter reconstruct the area affected…
After 30 Years, French Meteorologist’s Eye is Repaired with 3D Printed Titanium Implant
“The way people look at you, it’s horrible,” relays Maxime Turpin, regarding his drooping eye, which was finally repaired with 3D printing technology forty years after a serious bout with…
4WEB Medical Goes Down Under with First 3D Printed Patient-Specific Truss Implant in Australia
3D printing is turning the world on its head, as the disruptive technology streamlines and modernizes the processes behind some of the most intricate, detailed components in a bevy of applications…
Ethiopian Man, Shot in the Face, Receives 3D Printed Titanium Mandible Implant
3D printing seems as though it is becoming rather commonplace within hospitals in China as of late. Perhaps it’s the country’s willingness to share these various stories with the media,…
3D Printed EndoLif Fusion Implant for Spinal Surgeries Receives FDA Approval
If you were to read our site on a consistent basis, you would begin to think that China was leading the way in 3D printed medical breakthroughs. This is simply…
Woman With the Metal Chest: Surgeons Implant World’s First 3D Printed Titanium Sternum
3D printing has begun to gain a lot of traction lately within various medical fields because of its tremendous ability to create one-off custom objects. Whether it is a medical…
Little Girl Born Without a Nose Has One Built for Her Thanks to 3D Printing
3D printed prostheses have been coming to the aid of many children over the past couple of years. This can clearly be seen in the hundreds of 3D printed hands…
23-Year-Old Girl is Recipient of Large 3D Printed Titanium Skull Implant
Each and every day, we seem to come across yet another story in which 3D printing aids in helping people around the world live better lives. The medical uses of…
3D Systems’ 3D Printed Titanium Implants Relieve Cruciate Ligament Conditions in Over 10,000 Dogs
We share so many of the ups and downs of life with our pets, who love us unconditionally. We share the joy of recreation and quiet solitude with our fur-covered…
Chinese Student Receives First 3D Printed Thoracic Vertebrae Implant & the Surgery is a Success
Back in August, we reported on the implantation of the world’s first 3D printed vertebrae, and it was surely a sign of things to come from the medical field. Usually…
Chinese Man Receives a 3D Printed Elbow Joint After Suffering a Major Work Injury
“Look at my arm, it can stretch up to here, a few months ago, I needed to hold my left arm everyday, because there was no elbow joint.” – 20-year-old…
3D Printed Scaffolding Implant Used to Help Realign Patient’s Eyes After Tumor Removal
If you’ve been keeping up with the news, you are aware that 3D printing of medical implants and devices is not such a rare thing anymore; what is, however, still…
World’s First 3D Printed Vertebrae Are Implanted Into Patients in China
Over the last several years, the news regarding 3D printing and health has been astounding. Learning about the latest advances in biomedical printing can sometimes feel like reading a science…
