3D Printing in Medicine
MIT researchers used 3D printing to make flexible devices which "remember" their original shapes and can transform accordingly.
This robot massage therapist from Singapore uses 3D printed parts. It could be the perfect therapist... it'll never get tired of massaging (and listening) to you.
A team of scientists in the US claim they have created a 3D bioprinter which can fabricate living muscle, cartilage and bone to repair battlefield injury.
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have hacked a low-cost MakerBot 3D printer to print human tissue.
3D bioprinted organs, especially hearts, are slowly becoming a reality. Learn about the most promising 3D printed heart projects of 2020.
A researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology created a lifelike 3D printed baby manikin using MRI scans to improve resuscitation training for medics.
A new 3D printing facility has been opened at the Department of Orthopaedics at Kasturba Hospital in India. Already, two children's lives have been changed as they received prosthetic limbs.
BioLife4D, a biotech company, is working on printing a viable human heart which is suitable for transplant. But, the company claims to have reached a significant milestone and successfully 3D bioprinted a human cardiac patch.
Combining medically accurate models with allegorical artworks, new exhibition "The Heart of the Matter" takes a closer look at the complexity -- and beauty -- of the human heart using 3D printed sculptures.
Researchers from the UK developed a revolutionary 3D printed brain scanner which is effective even when a patient is moving - whether the movement is as simple as nodding their head or as active as playing ping-pong.
Engineers at Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology have developed a 4D printing method which may find application in tissue engineering and targeted drug delivery systems.
Researchers in Serbia have created a diagnostic tool to assess spine curvature in potential scoliosis patients. The benefits are less repeated radiation exposures, which are known to cause breast cancer in patients.
Researchers from Boston University and TU Delft are using 3D printing and infrared technology to create comfortable, custom orthopaedic casts.
The University of Miami's College of Engineering cuts the ribbon on the new 5,850-square-foot Johnson & Johnson 3D Printing Center.
3D printing brain scans could help doctors diagnose and treat brain tumors and has already changed what we know about MS lesions.
Model and artist from Essex suffered from a seizure last year resulting in severe head injuries and the need for a titanium 3D printed plate.
BiliScreen is an app and 3D printed device that takes pictures of the eye to measure jaundice and help early detection of pancreatic cancer.
CADSkills has developed a titanium 3D printed implant called AMSJI which saves patients from discomfort and speeds up recovery.
During Euroanaesthesia 2017 conference, experts said astronauts should receive extra training to fabricate their own medical equipment.
3D printed models which helped saved four-year-old Lucy Boucher's life will be on display in the Science Museum in London from 2019.