bioplotter
Now in Patients: 3D Printed Ear Implants with Built-In Medications
In a world first, a patient has received a 3D printed, customized external ear canal implant that releases medication post-surgery to prevent restenosis, which is the re-narrowing of the ear…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: Ricoh and Siemens, Programable Microstructure and Medicated Ear Implants
In an exciting paper from Nature Communications, Shubo Gao, Zhi Li, Steven Van Petegem and a whole host of other people at Singapore’s A stars, NTU but also the Paul Scherrer…
Desktop Metal Launches New Health 3D Printing Division
The news just doesn’t stop when it comes to Desktop Metal (NYSE:DM), and the latest headline from the 3D printing unicorn-turned-publicly-traded company is the launch of Desktop Health, a new…
3D Printing and Electrospinning PCL for Dressings and Wound Repair
When the body is functioning as it should, wounds repair themselves naturally. Sometimes, however, wounds do not heal, due to conditions such as diabetes or other chronic diseases. This puts…
Miami University Researchers Work Together to 3D Print Better Bones
With the development and adoption of medical technology like x-rays, anaesthesia and antisepsis in the mid to late 1800’s that allowed doctors to treat broken bones surgically, the science of…
10 Highlights of the EnvisionTEC 3D-Bioplotter’s Long Career
Last week, we took a look at what has become one of the most commonly used 3D bioprinters in the industry. The 3D-Bioplotter from EnvisionTEC has now been used in more…
Peer-Reviewed Bioprinting: EnvisionTEC 3D-Bioplotter Series Now Featured in Over 200 Research Papers
EnvisionTEC is often mentioned in the same sentence as jewelry and dental 3D printing, and that’s fair, as the company does supply a good selection of 3D printers and materials…
University of Wollongong Researchers 3D Print Brain Tissue From Human Stem Cells
When it comes to treating disease and injury, the brain might be the most difficult organ in the entire body. Everything else in the body is controlled by the brain,…
As EnvisionTEC Reaches 15 Years, CEO Al Siblani Reflects on the 3D Printing Company’s History and Future
EnvisionTEC turns 15 years old this year, and while it has a big celebration planned, the prolific 3D printer manufacturer has no intention of sitting back and taking things easy…
EnvisionTEC at RAPID 2016: New SLCOM 1 3D Printer on Display, Announcing Other Updates & Partnerships
If you are a visitor at the RAPID 2016 convention in Orlando this week from May 16-19th, then you are probably in a state of complete overstimulation from the vast…
UTSA Doctor Predicts that Researchers May be Bioprinting Organs in the Next Year
The race is on! And why a sense of urgency? To save human lives—and prevent as much suffering as possible. One would say that’s probably a fairly good motivator if you…
Novel 3D Printed Approach to Creating Biocompatible Electronic Medical Devices
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a method for treating a variety of neurological disorders such as Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s. In DBS treatment, electrical signals are delivered to a very specific…
