Tag: 3D printing

March 19, 2024

The latest statistics highlight the increasing importance of medical technology innovations in today’s healthcare sector. The digital health market is rapidly expanding, with over 400,000 healthcare apps available and 200 new daily additions. These apps offer various tools, from general […]

October 19, 2022

Medical technology is a fast-paced industry, so networking with innovators and sharing ideas is crucial to keeping that momentum going and staying ahead of the competition. Medical design and manufacturing conventions are the ideal environments to meet new partners and […]

July 1, 2019

A large number of people around the world experience hair loss in one form or another, either due to natural causes or as a side effect of medical therapy. In many of these cases — especially in individuals with natural […]

June 18, 2019

Engineered tissues and organs have been grown with various degrees of success in labs for many years. Many of them have used a scaffolding approach where cells are seeded onto biodegradable supportive structures that provide the underlying architecture of the […]

December 7, 2018

Scientists from German research organisation Fraunhofer have devised a process to make 3D printed bones that are more realistic and less likely to be rejected by the human body than previous versions. The 3D printed bones can be made with […]

December 4, 2018

The Department of Veterans Affairs is entering an initiative to accelerate the use of three-dimensional printing in patient care. One of the VA’s regional systems, VA Puget Sound Health Care System—has announced an effort to work with GE Healthcare to […]

August 7, 2018

Additive manufacturing, otherwise known as 3D printing, was first developed in the 1980s. It involves taking a digital model or blueprint of the subject that is then printed in successive layers of an appropriate material to create a new version […]

April 26, 2018

Researchers at the University of Minnesota in the US have developed technology capable of directly 3D printing biological cells and electronics on skin in real-time. The portable, customised 3D printer is expected to aid in developing new medical treatments for […]

December 6, 2016

In nuclear medicine, the goal is to keep radiation exposure at a minimum, while obtaining quality images. Optimal dosing for individual patients can be difficult to determine. That’s where 3D-printed organ models of varying size and shape could be of […]

October 20, 2016

Vascular stents typically come in a number of different lengths and diameters. The physician implanting these chooses which would best fit individual patients, but often the available sizes are not ideal for certain cases. Researchers at Northwester University turned to 3D […]

April 8, 2016

A high school student presenting with a complex tumor that had spread throughout the sinuses and deep into the skull stumped surgeons at the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. The problem was that even visualizing the tumor and […]

March 23, 2016

Aprecia Pharmaceuticals today announced that SPRITAM® (levetiracetam) tablets, for oral suspension, is now available as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial onset seizures, myoclonic seizures and primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures. SPRITAM is the first prescription drug product approved […]