A team at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh is about to use a 3D bioprinter to build a brain tumour. The printed tumour could shed new light on the way this cruel disease develops and give us new to…
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Additive Manufacturing in the medical and dental technology industries
In fields from orthopaedics to implantology and dental technology, the huge amount of design and manufacturing freedom provided by Additive Manufacturing (AM) and industrial 3D Printing processes enab…
Prostate models help surgeons find their way
Surgeons in the UK have used a 3D printed model of a man’s prostate to help them remove a cancerous tumour. 3D printed models are becoming big business in the medical industry and heart surgeons now u…
3D printed hand puts the ball back in play
Prosthetic limbs are designed to improve the patient’s quality of life but, even with the rapid advances in prosthetic technology, there are limits. Replacement arms and hands are generally built to b…
Chinese heart surgeons turn to 3D models
Chinese heart surgeons have turned to 3D printing to create accurate models of a patient’s heart before complex surgery. The Chinese University and the University of Hong Kong have joined forces to he…
Printed Smiles: Rapid Prototyping and 3D Printing Making a Mark in Dentistry
Like many other branches of medical science, the various forms of additive manufacturing such as rapid prototyping and 3D printing are making a significant position in dentistry. Today, millions of or…
A low cost early warning for ears
The World Health Organisation believes that more than half of the instances of hearing loss in the poorest parts of the world could have been avoided by primary prevention techniques that Texas A &…
Tortoise gets new shell, thanks to 3D printing
A team of vets in Brazil has come up with a novel use for 3D printing by producing a whole new shell for a tortoise that was injured in a fire. The Animal Avengers in Sao Paulo have acquired quite a r…
Dubai aims to produce artificial limbs at $109
DUBAI, 1 hours, 41 minutes ago Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has begun creating a 3D printing strategy for medical services where Dubai will take the initiative to produce artificial limbs for less tha…
A better way to fit prosthetics
ProsFit hopes to make the life of amputees around the world that little more comfortable with a new 3D printed socket that has full medical approval in a number of European countries. Alan Hutchison r…