3D Printing in Medicine
Students from Delft University of Technology have modfied a 3D printer to cast silicone for soft robotics in a process they call Ulticast.
A hospital in Brisbane, Australia will host a biofabrication institute where cartilage, bone and tissue can be 3D printed for their patients.
Porous 3D printed titanium hips can mimic the quality of real bones, and potentially extend the life of a hip replacement.
Patients with scoliosis can soon expect greatly improved spinal braces made with 3D printing technology instead of plaster molding.
3D printing features in series pilot of CBS drama Pure Genius. But 3D printed hearts are not the stuff of fiction; they're being made already.
Is bioprinting more than a buzzword for tech enthusiasts and investors? Abd what’s the status on 3D printing organs? Here’s an overview on one of the most 'human' 3D printing use cases.
Researching diseases, new drugs, and cosmetics without testing on animals is now possible thanks to a new 3D printed heart-on-a-chip device.
L'Oréal is developing technology which it hopes will cure baldness through 3D printed hair follicles capable of growing new hair.
Leroy the Great Dane has a new "leash of life" thanks to a 3D printed titanium bone implant which helped him beat cancer.
Researchers developed hyperelastic bone material which could be used to 3D print bone implants and heal fractures within weeks.
Using a 3D printed kidney, a urologist discovers that riding a "moderate intensity" roller coaster helps patients pass painful kidney stones.
Painful bone grafts could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to 3D printed bone implants invented by researchers at Trinity College, Dublin.
MIT researchers used 3D printing to make flexible devices which "remember" their original shapes and can transform accordingly.
Edible batteries in 3D printed cases may someday power ingestible devices which could treat diseases and diagnose patients.
North Korea has unveiled a 3D printer which can reproduce bone for use in cosmetic surgery and dentistry.
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.
Brazilian “Animal Avengers” save Labrador retriever puppy, Hanna, by giving her a 3D printed tooth free of charge, in the first procedure of its kind.
The world's smallest lens has been created with the help of 3D printing which could revolutionize industries from surgery to surveillance.
An innovative 3D printed prostate gland, created by a Sheffield engineer, will be used to help doctors treat their patients more easily.
Doctors utilize 3D printed models to save two lives, successfully removing a particularly problematic tumor and returning externalized brain to an infant's cranium.