AMA: Healthcare 2026: How to Overcome the Red Tape Sabotaging Medical Implant Innovation

In the realm of 3D printing in healthcare, a simple idea sits at the center of modern orthopaedic implant design: the best implant is one that the body forgets is there. Not one that is the strongest, not one that…

AMA: Healthcare 2026 Speakers Announced for 3D printing and healthcare event

The next event in our Additive Manufacturing Advantage (AMA) focuses on the use of 3D printing in healthcare.  AMA: Healthcare 2026 will bring together leading voices in medical, dental, pharmaceutical, and regenerative manufacturing to examine how additive manufacturing is moving…

TANIOBIS Enables Patient-Specific Implants With Tantalum and Niobium Alloys

German materials company TANIOBIS is advancing its AMtrinsic powder range for use in additive manufacturing of medical implants, positioning tantalum and niobium alloys as a clinically superior alternative to the titanium standard that still accounts for more than 90 percent…

Oxford Builds and Tests Structured Human Brain Tissue Using 3D Printing

Oxford University researchers have successfully built and implanted structured human brain tissue into living mouse brains. Over several years, the Oxford Martin Programme on 3D Printing for Brain Repair used stem cells, 3D printing, and microfluidics to engineer layered cortical…

3D Systems Clears the EU Bar and Enters Europe’s Denture Market

U.S.-based 3D printer manufacturer 3D Systems’ NextDent Jet Base, NextDent Jet Teeth, and the NextDent 300 MultiJet printer have all passed the Class IIa threshold under Europe’s MDR 2017/745 framework, the region’s governing standard for moderate-risk medical devices. The practical…

SportLinc Receives FDA Clearance: Lincotek Targets Orthopedic OEM Market

Lincotek has obtained 510(k) clearance (K252081) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its SportLinc Syndesmosis Device, a sterile, single-use implant engineered to stabilize syndesmotic trauma of the ankle. The clearance marks a key step for the company’s…

Engineering Scaffold Surface Shapes To Reduce Need For Drugs

The 2026 edition of our AMA: Energy online conference returns on April 30th. Register now! The Academy of Medical Sciences has awarded Dr. Robert Owen, a researcher at the University of Nottingham’s School of Pharmacy, a grant to study how physical surface…

LightForce Launches Innovative Orthodontic Metal Brackets

The 2026 edition of our AMA: Energy online conference returns on April 30th. Register now! Custom 3D printed orthodontic brackets provider LightForce Orthodontics has launched LightBracket Metal, a patient-specific 3D printed metal bracket the company describes as the first of its kind. …

Fraunhofer IAP and NMI Achieve Biomimetic Tissue Mechanics

Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP) and NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute have jointly developed a patent-pending biomimetic tissue substitute that uses 3D printing as its structural backbone, and is now ready for industrial translation.  The material, developed…

Georgetown Engineers Pectin-Based Bone Grafts to Replace Metal Implants

Bone grafting is among the most frequently performed surgical interventions globally. Yet despite their prevalence, these surgeries carry real risks, infection, nerve damage, hemorrhage, and the body’s outright rejection of foreign materials.  At Georgetown University, Styliani Alimperti, an associate professor…