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Welsh Medical Team Combines Bone Grafts and 3D Printing for Patient-Specific Jaw Reconstruction
Last year, researchers at the Morriston Hospital in Swansea, Wales introduced the ADEPT (Additive-manufacture for Design-led Efficient Patient Treatment) project, which was designed for patients suffering from diseases or significant…
3D Printed Vertebrae Models that Simulate Human Bone Used to Train Spinal Surgeons
Bone grafts have long been used to help patients suffering from broken or damaged bones heal, and implants, or scaffolds, are used to surgically hold all of the damaged fragments…
3D Images of 20,000 Vertebrates Open Source with oVert Museum Specimen Initiative
While 3D scanning has been used to solve a murder case and recreate a metal passenger aircraft, among other things, it’s really making a positive impact for museums. But I’m…
3D Design and 3D Printing Enhance Creation of Patient-Specific Titanium Jaw Implants
While we’ve seen 3D printed medical implants made out of materials like silicone and cobalt chromium, the most common metal of choice is titanium due to its low density and high…
New Study Results Show That 3D Printed Surgical Models Can Equal Major Cost and Time Savings
Having personal experience with the typically agonizing time spent in a waiting room while a loved one undergoes surgery, I am a big fan of anything that safely reduces the…
World’s First Customized 3D Printed Airway Stents Developed and Implemented in France
Not all 3D printing in the medical field means that someone’s managed to 3D print skin, kidneys, or other organs. Oftentimes, 3D printing technology is used in the creation of…
3D Printed Heart Model Helps Cardiologist at the Heart Institute at CHLA to Create Special Stent for a Toddler
It’s almost time for Valentine’s Day, that holiday of endless hearts and flowers and even some 3D printable gifts. But February 14th is not just Valentine’s Day: it’s also the…
EpiBone Uses 3D Technology to Grow Human Bones Outside the Body
The human body has amazing capacities for repairing itself, but it’s far from perfect; some injuries or deformities are too much for the body itself to make whole. For ages,…
Changing Technologies is Now Offering to Convert CT Scans to 3D Printable Files For Clients
Two-dimensional CT scans are so outdated, aren’t they? Sure, they’re great for revealing injuries, tumors or other abnormalities inside the human body, but compared to the 3D printed models that…
Rebuilding the Rare Extinct Quagga with 3D Printing & Scanning
A quagga looked like a cross between a zebra and a horse, and though there’s debate over whether a quagga was related to the plains zebra, some authorities have described…
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…
