Instalimb is a Philippines-based company that’s on a mission to make prostheses more affordable. Using 3D scanning and...
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#11 – Medical 3D printing: Untapped potential
For more than a decade, the medical field has leveraged additive manufacturing ( AM ) technology to push the...
Surgeons Use HoloLens and Metal 3D Printing to Implant Eye Socket
Both augmented reality (AR) and 3D printing have been used by surgeons over the past decade, as teaching tools for...
Gamer born without a hand gets Metal Gear Solid Venom Snake bionic arm
UK-based gamer Daniel Melville was born without a hand, and thanks to video game publisher Konami and Open Bionics ,...
What Is Medical 3D Printing—and How Is it Regulated?
Advances in 3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, are capturing attention in the health care field because...
3D Printed Self-Healing Polymers for More Realistic Prosthetics
Researchers have developed a new family of self-healing polymers they believe can help in the production of more...
Selecting a Debinding Fluid for 3D Printed Components
The most common use of metal 3D Printing is to make simple manufacturing support items like jigs, fixtures, and other...
This nonprofit 3D-prints cool custom bionic arms for kids
For children with limb absences and discrepancies, prosthetic arms can be extremely expensive, tricky to use, and,...
This Startup Is 3D Printing Custom Prosthetics for a Fraction of the Standard Cost
Around 1.9 million people in the US are currently living with limb loss. The trauma of losing a limb is just the...
‘Super teacher’ receives advanced bionic ‘hero’ arm
A teacher born without a right forearm has been given an advanced bionic “hero arm”, which she said has “changed her...
3D Scanning & 3D Printing Used in Digital Workflow to Design & Build Custom Neck Orthosis
Custom orthotics made through conventional manufacturing methods require casting, sculpting, molding, and fitting to...
ProReva teams with DSM, Ultimaker and Twikit to 3D print customised orthotics and prosthetics
Orthotics and prosthetics manufacturer ProReva is working with DSM, Ultimaker and Twikit to additively manufacture...