RTI Surgical, a Michigan-based medical technology company, has enrolled its first Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) patient for clinical evaluation of its Fortilink Interbody Fusion (IBF) 3D printed imp…
South Korean scientists use 3D bioprinting to understand brain cancer treatments
South Korean scientists are working to improve cancer treatments with 3D bioprinting. Professor Sun Ha Paek, Chairman in the Department of Neurosurgery at Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH), an…
NASA develops new copper alloy for 3D printing rocket components
Researchers from NASA have developed and 3D printed a new copper-based alloy for use in rocket propulsion components. GRCop-42, a high strength, high conductivity copper-based alloy, was created by a …
AFRL and U.S. universities create 3D printable epoxy/carbon fiber composites for aircraft parts
The U.S Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has collaborated with researchers from the University of Arkansas, the University of Miami, Louisiana Tech University and the University of Texas at El Pas…
Digital Artisan, Castem and JSR create Formless heels using Carbon M2 3D printer
Digital Artisan, a Japanese design lab, JSR Corporation, an international chemicals company, and Castem, a manufacturer of precision casting parts, have collaborated to create “Formless” high heel sho…
CELLINK and Volumetric introduce Lumen X 3D bioprinter for larger vascular structures – Technical specifications
CELLINK, the Swedish manufacturer of the BIO X 3D printer, and Volumetric a Texas-based biomaterials and biomanufacturing company, have introduced the Lumen X Digital Light Processing (DLP) bioprinter…
3DEO tackles metal additive manufacturing barriers with educational webinar series
3DEO, the Californian developer of Intelligent Layering metal 3D printing technology, is tackling the barriers of metal additive manufacturing in its first live webinar on March 28th. Matthew Petros, …
CRÈME introduces grow-your-own coffee cups using 3D printed molds
While it might be crazy to think of solving a plastic crisis with plastics molds CRÈME, a Brooklyn-based creative design firm, has developed a concept which does just that. The firm’s idea is to…
London researchers use Wolfmet 3D printed tungsten disks for improved medical imaging
Scientists from London’s Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and the Royal Marsden Hospital have used 3D printed tungsten disks within a gamma camera for higher resolution medical imaging. Gamma camera…
3D Printing Research CrAMmed: POSTECH, UCL, Zhejiang University, Boston University
In this edition of our additive manufacturing research digest CrAMmed, academics from Asia, Europe, and the U.S. integrate additive manufacturing and 3D bioprinting to develop regenerative nose cartil…