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A Year in 3D Prints: A Visual Journey Through 2025 in AM

2025 was a year of milestones and experimentation in additive manufacturing (AM), marked not only by technical progress but also by the mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings that reshaped the industry,…

U.S. Congress Holds Hearing on Cutting Healthcare Costs and Points to 3D Printing

A U.S. House subcommittee held a hearing this week on how technology can help lower the rising cost of healthcare for Americans. Lawmakers pointed to 3D printing as a key…

Surgeons Test Fast, Low-Cost 3D Printed Template to Improve Custom Stent-Grafts

A team of vascular surgeons in Medellín, Colombia, has shown that combining AI-assisted imaging with low-cost 3D printing can make it easier and safer to build patient-specific stent grafts. Their…

Tiny Bioprinter Could One Day Repair Vocal Cords During Surgery

A team of engineers and surgeons at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, has created the world’s smallest 3D bioprinter, and it could change how doctors repair damaged vocal cords. At…

3D Printing Helps Create Narcan Dispensers to Prevent Overdoses

A North Texas team is using 3D printing to make smaller, low-cost Narcan vending machines, helping more communities get access to a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses and save…

Atlanta VA First in U.S. Veterans Health Care System to Offer 3D Printed Casts & Splints

The potential for additive manufacturing (AM) in the military is by no means limited to applications like propulsion hardware, drones, and explosives. 3D printed medical devices, for instance, have attracted…

Puredyne Adds Pressure Monitoring Capabilities to Nozzles for More Precise Bioprinting

Puredyne is a spinoff of dosing nozzle manufacturer ViscoTec, which makes accurate endless piston nozzles for accurate dosing. ViscoTec nozzles power a lot of the silicone and other one and…

3D Printing Financials: 3D Systems Turns Profit Amid Revenue Decline

3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) has reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2025, showing a drop in revenue but a sharp improvement in profitability, driven by cost reductions,…

From Prototype to Patient in Weeks, Not Years: Inside Latin America’s Fast-Track for 3D Printed Implants

While the global 3D printing industry continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible in healthcare, a critical bottleneck threatens to stall the sector’s momentum: the clinical validation gap. International…

3D Printing Financials: Materialise Stays Profitable in Q2 Thanks to Medical Division

The second quarter of 2025 was a balancing act for Materialise (Nasdaq: MTLS), with strong momentum in its medical segment and slower performance across other parts of the business. Like…

3D Printed Aorta Model Helps Surgeons Remove “Ticking Time Bomb” Artery

Surgeons at The Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane, Australia, recently carried out an incredibly complex procedure after discovering that a patient’s aorta had expanded to about four times its normal…

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How One Chilean Medtech Company Is Reinventing Reconstructive Surgery in Latin America

In the world of medical technology, breakthroughs often come from unexpected corners. Ilan Rosenberg, a Chilean specialist in maxillofacial prosthetics and founder of ArcomedLab, has established one of the most…

3D Printed Skin: Australia Leads the World with Breakthrough Trial in Sydney

A world-first clinical trial is underway in Sydney, and it’s rewriting the future of burn treatment. At the Concord Burns Unit, a patient has become the first in the world…

OSSTEC’s Bone-Like 3D Printed Implants Get £2.5M to Target US Market

A spinout from Imperial College London is rethinking joint replacements, backed by £2.5 million ($3.3 million) in fresh funding. Medtech startup OSSTEC says it is 3D printing implants that behave…

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RAPID + TCT 2025: Transforming Healthcare with Additive Manufacturing

RAPID + TCT, North America’s largest event for additive manufacturing (AM), is set to return to Detroit this April, bringing together experts from across the medical and manufacturing fields. The…

3D Printing News Briefs & Events Roundup: March 8, 2025

Starting this week, we’re shaking things up a little! We’ll be combining our 3D Printing News Briefs with a more curated weekly list of 3D printing webinars and events to…

Stratasys’ 3D Printing Takes on Cadavers in Surgery Training and Imaging

Stratasys and Siemens Healthineers have developed 3D printed, patient-specific anatomical models that replicate human tissue with incredible accuracy, transforming medical imaging, surgical planning, and education. Traditionally, surgeons have relied on…

Former 3D Systems’ Exec Launches GenesisTissue for Bioprinting

Katie Weimer, a driving figure in 3D Systems’ medical 3D printing efforts, has announced the launch of GenesisTissue Inc., a company focused on bioprinting personalized regenerative tissue implants. While few…

3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: December 8, 2024

This week, we’ve got a number of webinars, on topics from 3D printing software and medical applications to printed electronics, PVC for industrial 3D printing, and more. There are also…

Axial3D Partners with GE HealthCare for DICOM-to-Medical Model 3D Printing

The path of medical 3D printing firm Axial3D’s is unsurprising. The firm’s increasing emphasis on AI aligns with its previous moves: partnering with GE, opening a new facility to accommodate…

3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: December 1, 2024

We’ve got several webinars this first week of December, plus events all around the world, from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Austin, Texas to the UK, Barcelona and beyond. Plus, there…

3D Printing Financials: Materialise’s Diversified Portfolio Powers Q3 Growth

Materialise (Nasdaq: MTLS) has wrapped up a solid third quarter, fueled by growth across its diverse 3D printing segments. Known for its pioneering role in 3D printing software, Materialise demonstrated…

3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: September 8, 2024

In this month’s first 3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup, things are picking up! There are multiple in-person events this week, including the TETS Symposium, Additive Manufacturing in Medicine, a…

3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: July 14, 2024

We’ve got a busy week of 3D printing webinars and events, both virtual and in-person! Stratasys continues its training and tour, while a Laser Additive Manufacturing workshop will be held…