In an operation believed to be the first of its kind in the world, surgeons at the Shanghai Changzheng Hospital have replaced a portion of a woman’s spine with metal 3D printed vertebrae. The op…
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IdiPAZ researchers work with MIT on 3D printed cornea replacements
The Instituto de Investigación Biomédica del Hospital La Paz (IdiPAZ) in Madrid, Spain, is working toward the goal of 3D printing human corneas within the next 5 years. Contributing to a global shorta…
KNTU researchers make 3D printed decoder for the brain
The laboratory for Integrated Circuits and Systems (ICAS) at Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology (KNTU), Iran, has developed a 3D printed device capable of recording activity in the brain. The…
Nikon Metrology qualifies 3D printed hip implants at Ortho Baltic
As previously reported in relation to 3D printed pills and medical devices, product certification and qualification is a challenge to the progress of additive manufacturing in medicine. In order to en…
Cardiac conduction system visualised using 3D printing
New research is using 3D printing to advance understanding and treatment of abnormal heart rhythms. The heart is the most important organ in the human body. Understanding how the heart behaves is cruc…
3D printing saves $2700 per surgery finds new research
Using 3D printing, a team from the University of California San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital has reduced surgery time by approximately 25 percent. The project focused on treatment of the most co…
16 year old invents 3D printed eye test for preventing blindness in diabetics
Kavya Kopparapu, a 16 year old student at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Virginia, has invented a 3D printed device that can detect signs of degenerative eye disease. The dev…
Children benefit from exoskeleton made on Sinterit desktop SLS 3D printer
In partnership with 3D printer manufacturer Sinterit, designer Bartłomiej Gaczorek has designed a custom fitting exoskeleton for children with SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy). The genetic condition, whi…
Argentinian surgeons change woman’s life with 3D printed trachea
Doctors in Argentina have enlisted a 3D printer to reconstruct a patient’s trachea. The novel procedure took place at the Hospital Centro de Salud in Tucumán, Argentina. Antonia Albarracín under…
Singapore Additive Manufacturing Cluster gets $13.2M medical facility
Singapore’s National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC), the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the country’s Economic Development Board have invested $13.2 million in a n…