- 38-year-old Chinese man receives 3D printed titanium mandible implant after being shot in the face (3ders.org)
July 16, 2015
It’s no secret that within the past year, 3D printing has exploded in the medical industry for a range of applications due to the ability to manufacture custom physical objects on demand at a low cost.
- Surgeons in China successfully implant world’s first 3D printed full-sacral prosthesis (3ders.org)
July 10, 2015
With the number of 3D printed medical successes continuing to rise, it’s fantastic to see that very serious and usually deadly complications can now also be dealt with. Only yesterday, we saw a Chinese woman with a tumor in her sternal successfully receive a 3D printed implant, and now we are happy to report that a patient in the People’s Hospital of Peking University received the world’s first 3D printed full-sacral prosthesis after a dangerous tumor was removed.