Succeeding where two other operations had failed before, a 3D printed hip implant has been used in corrective surgery for a patient at the HELIOS Clinic in Hildesheim, Germany. The device has been mad…
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…
Inside the AMPLab: zero-gravity 3D printed metal and the future of materials
Professor Moataz Attallah is the director of the University of Birmingham’s specialist Advanced Materials and Processing Lab, known as AMPLab. Additive manufacturing from the AMPLab is behind of some …
3D printed salt bones help to take away the pain of a faulty hip
Research conducted at Kitasato University in Japan demonstrates the use of a 3D printable, salt-based ink. The salt ink cuts the cost of 3D printable materials, and also exhibits properties similar to…