Roughly 13% of all 3D printing revenue comes from the medical industry. From prosthetics to surgical guides, there are a surprising number of medical applications for additive manufacturing technology.

 

The flexibility offered by a 3D printing service lets medical professionals create patient-specific devices at an affordable cost.

 

The medical industry is already primed for additive manufacturing

 

Detailed scanning and imaging processes are a necessary part of the medical industry. Laser scanning is used to take detailed images of a subject’s surface, while CT scanning and MRI imaging are used to achieve cross-sectional images of bones and tissue. Modern software is able to turn these medical images into complete models that can be used for 3D printing.

 

Devices that were once purely theoretical can now be produced quickly, cheaply, and effectively; thanks to the detail of the images, they always match the patient exactly as intended. Manufacturing requirements for the […]

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