Orthoses are medical devices that are made to stabilise, relieve, immobilise, guide or correct a part of the body. Since each patient is different, an efficient orthotic device should be perfectly adapted to the wearer's body […]
3D bioprinting has quickly become one of the leading segments of the 3D printing industry in terms of innovation. Until recently, the market was focused primarily on North America, however, many companies, laboratories and universities around […]
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York and Yale Medical School have bioprinted vascularized skin tissues, which were successfully tested on a mouse. Apparently, the skin managed to connect to the animal's blood vessels. For […]
Last June, Aleph Objects announced its collaboration with FluidForm, the two companies were setting out to create a new bioprinting hardware with the long-term goal of creating real functional tissues. Aleph Objects, the manufacturer of LulzBot […]
In the medical sector, professionals have trained on cadavres, animals, and traditional or virtual models to prepare for surgery, all of which have significant limitations. Additive manufacturing has been changing the way medical professionals prepare for […]
BIOLIFE4D, one of the pioneers in the bioprinting field, has been able to bioprint a miniature human heart - making it the first U.S. company to successfully achieve this. The company’s mission is to create a […]
At Harvard, a group of researchers are developing a solution that will bioprint blood vessels on living tissues. Their paper ‘Biomanufacturing of organ-specific tissues with high cellular density and embedded vascular channels’ published in Science Advances, […]
Dentsply Sirona and Carbon have come together to launch the Lucitone Digital Print Denture workflow and material system. This workflow and material system should provide significant advancements in terms of material benefits, laboratory process, and function […]
In the medical sector, 3D printing has made some important advances in the last few months. Every step at this stage is important as it says a lot about the progress of the technology. Additive manufacturing […]
A team of scientists from the Guwahati Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) is advancing bioprinting in India. Apparently, they created a bioink from silk proteins that could be used for 3D printing tissues, implants and organs […]
AVINENT is a Spanish company, specialised for 60 years in the automotive and aeronautics sectors. In 2006, it decided to open its medical division, dedicated to implant development; 6 years later, it integrated additive manufacturing into […]
Kumovis is the German startup focused on delivering 3D printing systems for medical applications. They manufacture solutions for a variety of medical products, you can use their system for prototyping or to create personalised human implants. […]
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University are one step closer towards the manufacture of functional 3D printed organs: by using FluidForm technology, they have been able to reconstruct parts of the human heart, including heart valves. Called […]
REGEMAT 3D is a company based in Granada, Spain, specialised in medical additive manufacturing for nearly 10 years. It is undoubtedly one of the pioneering companies in the field of bioprinting in Spain, promoting research and […]
A team of researchers from ETH Zurich has teamed up with South African company Strait Access Technologies to create artificial 3D printed heart valves from silicone. These could serve as replacement valves for an aging population […]
Scientists at Berkeley Lab in the US have made a new material that could lead to 3D printable magnetic liquid devices. Today, many essential technologies rely on magnets made from solid materials - for example, magnetic […]
A team of researchers at Tufts University has 3D printed a pill that when ingested samples bacteria found in the gut as it passes through the gastrointestinal tract. According to the researchers this is the first […]
The medical sector has experienced a boom in 3D printing applications within the last few months. Recently, we presented to you a selection of the most innovative 3D printed orthoses on the market. Additive manufacturing enables […]
We have often reported on the advantages of high-performance materials such as PEEK, ULTEM or PEKK. Particularly in the medical field, some of these materials offer many benefits due to their biocompatibility. A while ago we […]
The European Space Agency (ESA) is currently working on a process for bioprinting human tissues from cells to better treat astronauts on mission to Mars - who have left for years of travel. In collaboration with […]
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