Medical Devices Articles

A new way to 3D print custom medical devices

Using a new 3D printing process, University of Nottingham researchers have discovered how to tailor-make artificial body parts and other medical devices with built-in functionality that offers better shape and durability, while cutting the risk of bacterial infection...

Balls of Steel– or Silicon: 3D Printing New Medical Advances Analyzed

3D printing offers an efficient method to improve current manufacturing limits across economic sectors such as transport, construction, and medical and dental industries allowing rapid prototyping and on-site production and repairs. . Progress in 3D printer...

From 3D-printed Human Hearts to Healthy Pizza: Six Israeli Companies Developing Life-improving Ideas

Printing human hearts Paralyzed mice were able to walk again, following implantation of an artificial spinal cord. . Printing organs for humans may happen sooner than we think In 2017, a small miracle was achieved at Tel Aviv University: Once-paralyzed mice started...

#11 – Medical 3D printing: Untapped potential

For more than a decade, the medical field has leveraged additive manufacturing ( AM ) technology to push the boundaries of patient treatment. . From 3D tracheal splints that treat tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) – threatening the breathing of 1 in every 2,000 children...