Medical

Silicone is a material that is becoming increasingly popular in additive manufacturing due to its properties: good thermal and chemical resistance, biocompatibility and flame retardancy. Generally, the material is used in traditional manufacturing processes such as injection molding. However, it…

FDM 3D printing as the leader among new technologies is now used to investigate personalized treatments for breast and prostate cancer. 3D printing makes it possible to make fully personalized support and immobilization tools which are very important to ensure…

Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Centre for Biomedical Technologies have been awarded a $810,000 AUD Medical Research Future Fund Primary Health Care Digital Innovations Grant to 3D print low cost, personalized, pressure off-loading insoles. These insoles will…

In honor of International Women’s Day, once again we wanted to put women in the spotlight! Today, more and more women are mastering 3D technologies, but above all they are using them in their daily activities, in all sectors. This…

A multi-disciplinary US team has been granted $2 million to use 3D printing in medical research. The team, from the University of Texas at Austin and Penn State, was given the money by the National Science Foundation’s LEAP-HI program for…

Additive manufacturing has a number of applications in medicine, one of them being prostheses. The World Health Organization estimates that 30 million people worldwide need these devices, so manufacturing methods matter a great deal to a significant chunk of the…

Every year, millions of people around the world suffer tissue damage due to disease, trauma or injury. During surgical procedures, medical professionals primarily use stitches to promote tissue healing. However, a failure during surgery can lead to complications and may…

3D printing is now firmly established in the cosmetics industry. Many brands use this technology for a multitude of applications. For example, Cosmogen has turned to metal 3D printing to customize its applicators and imagine geometries that would be impossible…

Human technology has advanced so far in the past few centuries, and it is undeniable that one of the sectors where we have seen the most growth is medical. Considering that nothing is scarier than the prospect of facing serious…

Deglumed is a project that aims to move towards personalized medicine. Through the use of various technologies, including 3D printing, the aim is to create drugs that adapt to the needs of each patient. This initiative could make it easier…

Mosquito bites can lead to devastating diseases. For example, dengue fever, malaria or Zika virus, to name a few. All of these are diseases, some of which are fatal to humans, that can be transmitted through the bite of a…

Stratasys has added to their line of dental materials with the release of TrueDent, a clear, realistic dental resin, Stratasys’ first FDA cleared product. It is designed to be used exclusively with the Stratasys J5 DentaJet 3D printer and GrabCAD…