3d printed medical applications
3D Printing to Help Reconstruct Skull of Woman with Multiple Brain Tumors
It’s one of our worse nightmares. We live a healthy life, eat right, exercise, and have a job we love, and this still doesn’t protect us from a medical tragedy…
Researchers Look into 3D Printing Nanoscale Objects Using Strands of DNA
A group of Swedish researchers have developed a method to create nanoscopic constructs and shapes made entirely out of a single strand of DNA. The first, and most obvious question…
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…
3D Printed Knee Replacement Manufacturer ConforMIS (CFMS) Raises $135M As The Company Goes Public
Medical technology company ConforMIS, Inc. (NASDAQ: CFMS) has developed a knee replacement system that promises to drastically reduce both the length of the average knee replacement surgery as well as…
Exovite Aims to Heal Your Broken Bone Faster with 3D Printing
Breaking a bone is both painful and debilitating, but more than that, it brings with it a long period of healing and recovery – but fear not. A Spanish firm…
Safer & Faster: German Researchers Invent 3D Printed Device for Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
3D printing is currently providing substantial and highly beneficial transformation to a multitude of sectors covering everything from car parts to manufacturing jewelry and apparel. The medical sector has been…
KAFO Splint — 3D Printed Leg Brace Customized for a Perfect Fit
The KAFO Splint is a customizable, lightweight, fashionable – and functional – leg brace design. Industrial designer, Or Steiner gave the old-fashioned leg brace a modern update which fuses the…
Children’s Hospital Brings 3D Printed Heart Modeling In House
A team of doctors and technicians at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital use 3D modeling and printing to help them visualize a patient’s complex cardiovascular anatomy and to explore potential options for…
Disaster Relief in Three Dimensions: Medical 3D Printing in Haiti
Throughout history, technological breakthroughs have been accompanied by narrow parameters for application, concerned with solving the problems at hand. This is not to say that function follows form, but that…
How 3D Printed Micro Scallops Might Travel In Our Blood
The Scallop Theorem basically says a swimmer needs to deform in a way that is not invariant under time-reversal. That’s some heady stuff. Back in 1977, one Edward Mills Purcell,…
