Adam — a young company with technology to 3D print bone grafts made out of ceramic bioglass and modified biopolymer — said today that it expects first human trials to start by the end of the year. Officials at the Groton, Conn.– and Odessa, Ukraine–based company expect preclinical trials to finish this month. The Adam […]
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Could this new Stratasys 3D printer improve medical device validation?
Stratasys (NSDQ:SSYS) today announced the launch of its J750 Digital Anatomy 3D printer, meant to replicate the feel, responsiveness, and biomechanics of human anatomy in medical models. Stratasys officials think the new printer will reduce the need to use human cadavers and animals for medical device testing and validation. There could also be a market to […]
Axial3D raises $3m for medical 3D printing
Medical 3D printing company Axial3D has closed a $3 million funding round to support its U.S. expansion. The money will support new positions in the company’s expanding U.S. market and its home base in Belfast, U.K. — with a focus on expanding the company’s machine learning team, the company said yesterday. Axial3D is working on […]
Materialise wins FDA clearance for 3D modeling software for cardio procedures
Materialise said today that FDA has provided 510(k) clearance for its Mimics Enlight — a cardiovascular procedure planning software creating accurate 3D printed heart models. The Belgian 3D printing software and services company, which has its U.S. offices in Plymouth, Minn., plans the first release of the software to focus on planning for complex transcatheter […]
Dentsply Sirona announces partnership with Carbon for 3D printed dentures
Dentsply Sirona (NSDQ:XRAY) and 3D printing company Carbon have forged a partnership in which Dentsply will provide denture materials for use on Carbon systems. The Dentsply Sirona denture materials for Carbon digital manufacturing solutions will be available later this year in the U.S., the companies said today. Carbon’s 3D printers are based on its proprietary 3D printers […]
How 3D printed cells on the skin could enable wound healing
Researchers at the University of Minnesota are 3D printing electronics and cells directly on the skin that could create new methods for wound healing and enable biological agent detection. The Minnesota researchers used a customized, low-cost 3D printer to print electronics on a human hand. They’ve also successfully printed biological cells on a sin wound of […]
This patented 3D printing method could boost medical device innovation
Michael McAlpine, a 3D printing pioneer at the University of Minnesota, suspects that a method he helped invent to print semiconductors could help boost innovation in the medical device field and elsewhere. The U.S. Patent Office in February issued a patent for “3D printed active electronic materials and devices.” The patent covers work that McAlpine, a […]
Materialise touts FDA first in clearance of 3D printed anatomical model tech
Materialise said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its Mimics inPrint software designed for 3D printing anatomical models for diagnostic use, touting it as the first clearance of its kind. The Belgian company said that last August, the FDA ruled that software designed to create files for 3D printing patient-specific anatomical models for diagnostic purposes […]
3D printing could expand medical device regulation: Here’s how
FDA today offered a clearer picture of how it plans to regulate the 3D printing of medical devices – including in non-traditional settings such as medical facilities and academic institutions. “In order to help ensure the safety and effectiveness of these products, we’re working to establish a regulatory framework for how we plan to apply […]
How have medtech launches and prototyping evolved with 3D printing?
Here are three basic ways that 3D printing can help you get your medical device project off the ground. Jim Medsker, Keystone Solutions Group Additive manufacturing, commonly referred to as 3D printing, began to surface in the 1980s. Since then, the technology has quickly become a valuable tool for creating plastic prototype parts in a rapid […]
8 ways 3D printing is making surgery remarkable
3D printing is already making a difference in healthcare: It enables models of organs to train surgeons and educate patients –and improve surgery outcomes. Doctors previously had to examine actual organs with their hands to get a feel for what they need to do surgically. Now, MRIs and 3D printers eliminate the need to put […]
