- High school student designs 3D printed prosthetic leg for dog (waow.com)
March 11, 2018
- 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.
- Nerf-shooting 3D printed arm might be strangest prosthesis ever (3ders.org)
March 10, 2018
- Chinese Researchers 3D Print Rabbit & Goat Bones for Implantation Using Bone Powder & Bio-glue (3dprint.com)
July 15, 2015
He believes that if active cells can be 3D printed using stem cells of a patient, virtually any bone, organ or other bodily tissue could be fabricated for a patient in a lab setting.
- Colorado doctors begin using 3D printing for treating unborn babies with abnormalities (3ders.org)
July 16, 2015
Not very long along ago, we could go days - weeks even - without hearing about the use of additive manufacturing in the medical industry. These days however, we are learning new ways of how medical professionals are learning how to leverage the technology to their benefit multiple times per day. Thankfully, these developments not only translate to more effective surgical procedures, but also lower costs and faster recover times.
- 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.