Medical & Dental

Bone is deceptively complex. It is light, porous, and strong at the same time, a combination that has long challenged engineers and clinicians trying to replace or repair it. Metal implants and bone grafts remain standard solutions, but they rarely…

Additive manufacturing continues to establish itself as a transformative tool in medical practice. Its ability to produce customized, reproducible, and low-cost devices has allowed fields such as neurosurgery to advance toward solutions that were previously unimaginable. One of the most…

In one of the most severely affected healthcare systems in the world, a team of doctors and engineers has achieved an unprecedented breakthrough. GLIA, an international medical relief organisation, has designed and produced the world’s first 3D-printed external fixator inside…

Stratasys has announced full U.S. availability of RadioMatrix™, its radiopaque 3D printing material designed for advanced medical imaging education, device testing, and research. The material was previously limited to select programs in Europe. It is now available for healthcare providers,…

When pilots and astronauts go into flight, their bodies are pushed into environments far more extreme than anything experienced on the ground. To better understand how humans respond under these intense conditions, researchers at Texas A&M University, supported by the…

Imagine a future where a medical facility can take a patient’s CT scan, rapidly 3D print their blood vessel model, test how their blood responds, and even use AI to predict their risk of stroke years in advance. This is…

Most people think of mosquitoes as pests, not as tools for next-generation micro-fabrication. Yet researchers at McGill University have shown that the proboscis of a deceased female mosquito can serve as a biodegradable micro nozzle for high-resolution 3D printing. With…

Advanced digital workflows and additive manufacturing are transforming the field of restorative dentistry. In this feature, we highlight a full-mouth rehabilitation case managed by Dr. Guvinder Gakhal, where SprintRay 3D printed crown resin was used to restore a patient with…

Reinventing 3D printing for the pharmaceutical sector — that’s the ambition behind goatAM. Drawing on their research expertise, the company’s founders are developing solutions for the production of personalized medicines, including 3D-printed pills. With this innovative approach, goatAM aims to…

While bioprinting usually takes place in controlled Earth-based labs, researchers at ETH Zurich have taken the technology to new heights, quite literally. In a new experiment, the Swiss team successfully 3D printed human muscle tissue during parabolic flights that simulate…

The world’s largest land mammal has just inspired one of the smallest 3D bioprinters ever created. Developed by researchers at McGill University in Canada, the device measures just 2.7 mm wide, about the width of a grain of rice, and uses…

3D printing has proven to be a versatile tool across industries as diverse as engineering, medicine, and pharmaceuticals. But did you know it’s also making an impact in the field of assisted reproduction? In this area, the technology opens up…