patient specific
Startup Accelerator: FITme Revolutionizes Cosmetic Surgery with 3D Printing
In additive manufacturing (AM), the personalized medical implant market is burgeoning, presenting an unprecedented opportunity within the aesthetic sector. This niche is ripe for disruption, with 3D printing offering tailored…
FDA Approves Patient-specific Radiation Therapy Devices
Radiation treatment is a crucial aspect of contemporary medicine, with half of all cancer patients undergoing it. By directing X-ray or proton beams at a tumor, it’s possible to halts…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: Spee3d, Aprecia and Stratasys
Aprecia has cooperated with Batelle to improve its binder jet technology for medicine. The company could use it to change release kinetics, make pills in a pill and patient specific…
3D Printed Pelvic Implants from Onkos Surgical Earn FDA Clearance
The medical field is, rightly so, a highly regulated one, and you can’t really get momentum for a product until it’s received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: May 1, 2021
We started this weekly roundup of webinars and virtual events almost exactly one year ago, to give you a quick, easy way to sift through the increased amount of online…
Improving Medication Delivery Boluses with an iPhone & Desktop 3D Printer
Chinese researchers Dehua Kang, Bin Wang, Yinglin Peng, Xiaowei Liu, and Xiaowu Deng examine methods for improving the bolus, releasing the details of their recent study in ‘Low-Cost iPhone-Assisted Processing…
Interview with Firoza Kothari of Anatomiz3D
OEMs, materials companies and medical device firms are doing a lot of work with 3D Printing. What we’re not seeing is a lot of medical startups in the field. We’re…
Partners of Spanish Hospital Use Stratasys FDM Technology to 3D Print Medical Models
Founded in 2008, Biodonostia Health Research Institute was the very first medical research institute in Spain’s Basque region, and now focuses on research in seven subject areas, from oncology and neuroscience…
Lowering Production Costs For 3D Printed Medical and Dental Models Through Desktop 3D Printers
3D printed patient-specific organ models are used in many areas of medicine for various reasons, including surgical pre-planning, medical training, and providing a better explanation to the patient of what’s…
Using Patient-Specific 3D Printed Surgical Guides for Total Knee Replacement
While surgery has always, ultimately, been about the patient, it hasn’t always been patient-centered. Historically, patients have not had an easy time of understanding exactly what their surgery entails and…
