Medical & Dental

The dental sector has kept reinventing itself since the introduction of 3D printing technologies! And one company that caught our eye is LightForce Orthodontics. Based in Boston, it provides a digital platform to orthodontists to fully personalise 3D printed dental…

Some COVID-19 testing methods are not the most pleasant: virological testing (RT-PCR) can be very uncomfortable for many patients. A nasal swab is inserted quite deep into the nose to take a nasopharyngeal swab. A team of engineers from the School of Engineering…

The field of bioprinting has experienced multiple breakthroughs in recent years, one of which is the possibility to generate tissue structures using bioinks and 3D bioprinters. One of the main hurdles in this field is keeping these tissues alive. As…

At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, scientists have developed 3D printed blood vessels that enable patients to monitor their blood pressure remotely. This is promising research given that today, when surgeons replace part of a blood vessel, the grafted vessel is…

During the global health pandemic, many initiatives emerged to prevent the spread of the virus. In particular, additive manufacturing helped to reduce the spread thanks to some properties offered by the technology, such as copper 3D printing on high touch…

The treatment of an orthopaedic bone fracture can be very complex, and usually requires a metal rod or plate to be placed in the body to stabilize the bone. Scaffolding materials encapsulated in powders or paste are then injected into…

New advances in 3D bioprinting for medical purposes appear as a group of researchers from Nagoya University, Japan has developed 3D printed parts from fish gelatin. More precisely, these parts are actually hydrogel patches implantable in cancer patients. The 3D…

At the University of Minnesota, researchers have 3D printed a functioning centimeter-scale human heart pump. Scientists believe that this discovery could have some major implications for studying heart disease, one of the leading causes of death in the United-States, killing…

The German multinational pharmaceuticals company, Bayer, has announced that it will test new drugs on 3D printed heart tissue. Tel-Aviv University achieved a big breakthrough last year when it unveiled the world’s first 3D printed heart and vessels, and it…

At Rice University, in order to print complex 3D shapes, researchers use not polymers or metals but sugar! An ingredient that could have a particular impact on the medical sector and the understanding of our cells: indeed, with powdered sugar,…

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have made a ground-breaking advancement in 3D printing for medical purposes – they have used motion-capture technology to 3D print directly onto expanding organs! This technology is usually used in film making to create…

The Italian medical implant manufacturer, REJOINT, announced it is using GE Additive’s Electron Beam Melting (EBM) technology to additively manufacture knee implants. The medical company aims to offer a customized medical solution to patients. Both additive manufacturing and artificial intelligence…