3D Printing in Medicine
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.
A cure for hearing loss? Researchers have created 3D printed custom-designed prosthetic replacements for damaged parts of the middle ear.
Researchers have produced a special type of ink made from living bacteria which can be used for 3D printing applications.
Candid, the dental start-up, raised $15 million in a Series A financing round and now plan to expand their operations to find new customers.
Stratasys is launching the BioMimics platform which enables physicians to 3D print reliable, accurate and complex anatomical structures for practice and education.
College students in Cleveland, Ohio have designed and 3D printed assistive devices for disabled veterans according to their desires.
A partnership incorporates 3D bioprinting and 3D disease models to determine novel treatments for liver disease.
Researchers from Boston University and TU Delft are using 3D printing and infrared technology to create comfortable, custom orthopaedic casts.
A research team from Jagiellonian University are using a desktop 3D printer to create silicone liver models to improve preoperative planning.
Researchers from Saudi Arabia are hoping to speed up how long it takes to straighten teeth by developing 3D printed braces with LED lights and batteries.
Surgeons from Morriston Hospital use 3D printing to create a customized titanium implant for a woman with a jaw tumor.
Occupational therapist, Guy Ehretsmann from PoleErgo, uses 3D printing to create customized objects for patients with mobility disabilities.
International Stem Cell Corporation are using a new 3D bioprinting method to produce 3D liver tissue and help treat liver diseases.
Yona Care is offering a new speculum design, developed using 3D printing, which hopes to make gynecologist trips more enjoyable.
3D printing brain scans could help doctors diagnose and treat brain tumors and has already changed what we know about MS lesions.
Patient-specific neonatal manikins, created using 3D printing and 3D printed molds, help surgeons practice before heading into surgery.
A woman in China received two 3D printed teeth during an operation which was performed entirely by a robot dentist in Xi'an, Shaanxi, province.
Two companies, Vestibular Today and 3D Brooklyn, have collaborated on a 3D printed inner ear to help vertigo sufferers.
An Australian man is the world first to receive a 3D printed shinbone after developing a bone infection days after his son was born.
BiliScreen is an app and 3D printed device that takes pictures of the eye to measure jaundice and help early detection of pancreatic cancer.