Belgium-based Materialise NV, most widely known for creating powerful medical modeling software and 3D printing solutions, announced the signing of a five-year partnership with Japan Medical Dynamic Marketing Incorporated. The two are matched up very well to utilize and promote Materialise’s guide system for Total Hip Replacement, as they deliver the product throughout Japan.
Jeroen Dille, Director of Materialise’s Clinical Unit, made the following statement to the press, saying, “We are excited to make our technology available to even more patients in Japan through our partner Japan MDM. Japanese surgeons working with Japan MDM’s implants will be able to plan their surgeries in 3D and use 3D printed patient-specific guides.”
Japan Medical Dynamic Marketing was established in 1973 and has deep sales experience in the nation. They have 18 sales branches, and a great reputation for patient satiety. Mr. Okawa, President of Japan MDM, enthusiastically stated the following: “We are very pleased to have the technology of Materialise NV available for Japanese patients and surgeons, and expect this technology will help Japanese surgeons to facilitate more appropriate Patient Matched surgeries to Japanese patients with 3D Printed Patient-Specific guides.”
Materialise has been working in the 3D technology sphere for a quarter of a century, and have built up a strong division devoted to medical applications of 3D printing. Their work is at the core of a lot of the medical 3D printing stories we write about at 3DPI, particularly in reference to 3D printed patient-specific guides and implants. At the same time, the company continues to develop its software and printing for other industries. The company recently joined the 3MF consortium, a group of Silicon Valley companies dedicated to improving the 3D printing experience through collaboration, and also released 3DPrintCloud, an online toolkit for automatically improving and preparing 3D models for 3D printing.
