Medical

Additive manufacturing is becoming increasingly popular. This is evident in the widening array of areas in which it is used. In addition to dominant sectors such as the automotive industry or aerospace , 3D printing technologies are now increasingly being used in smaller…

As winter gives way to spring the newly bloomed flowers and warm weather bring with them dust, unperceived by most but an anguish to those suffering from respiratory diseases. For them, this year and last, tainted by Covid-19, has amplified…

Copper3D continues its research into the development of antiviral materials and devices aimed at meeting the needs of the medical sector. After designing a 3D printed breast pump tip to fight against HIV transmission during breastfeeding, the Chilean-American company has now…

In 2019, the American cosmetic brand Neutrogena announced that it wanted to develop a 3D printed (and therefore personalized) face mask. We are happy to tell you that the project is progressing! Called MaskID, the 3D printed mask is entering…

Research firm, Precedence Research, recently published a report on 3D printed medical implants. According to the report, 3D printed implants should generate more than 9 billion dollars in 2030 against 1.5 billion in 2020, an annual growth of 19%. Faced with increasingly complex…

Researchers from the University at Buffalo in New York have developed a way to create large‐scale biocompatible hydrogel models using a fast hydrogel stereolithography printing (FLOAT) method. This method is said to be suitable for printing cells with embedded blood…

At the INCLIVA Health Research Institute of the Hospital Clínico de Valencia in Spain, a research team has used 3D technology to learn about the behavior of certain tumors that cause childhood cancers. Specifically, they analyzed the application of digital…

Nexus Spine announced that their novel implants for spine surgery have now been made broadly available. These include the compliant-mechanism based system, PressON, and a flexible titanium device for interbody fusion, Tranquil. Nexus Spine specialises in the development of medical…

Researchers from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens have developed a 3D printed electrochemical ring (e-ring) that enables diabetics to monitor their glucose levels from a smartphone. This allows the user to monitor their blood sugar levels just by…

Researchers from the University of South Australia have developed 3D printed esophageal stents that could revolutionise the delivery of chemotherapy drugs for patients with esophageal cancer. 3D printing has become of increasing importance in the medical field as it allows…

At Northwestern University, a team of researchers developing the first female reproductive tract on a chip (EVATAR) in order to enable sex-based ex vivo (outside of the organism) research discovered something worrying about their “biocompatible” materials. While using 3D printing…

Earlier this week, a team of Materialise clinical engineers and NYU Langone surgeons made history with the world’s first double hand and face transplant. The success of this transplant largely owes to 3D printed personalized tools that are becoming increasingly…