Amid the shortage of ventilators due to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are finding success using 3D printing to enable “ventilator splitting.” The search continues to go on for more machines, but there have already been government actions taken to increase amounts, while researchers have taken it into their own hands to create homemade-style ventilators. However, there could […]
Software is enabling medical 3D printing innovation: Here’s how
The 3D printers themselves get a lot of attention, but for 3D-printing to become ubiquitous in the medtech space, software will have to play a key role. A 3D printer without software to tell it where to place the material is a really nice, expensive coffee table, according to Scott Rader, a former Stratasys GM […]
Superfeet offers 3D-printing services to medtech companies to combat coronavirus
Insole and footwear maker Superfeet announced today that it is offering immediate access to 3D printers and/or production facilities to help with short-term demand for medical supplies as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The Ferndale, Wash.–based company said its normal business is taking a pause, so it is teaming up with sister company Flowbuilt […]
Here’s some recent medical 3D printing news
Innovation in the medical 3D printing space continues to accelerate. Here are some of the top stories that got our attention at Medical Design & Outsourcing and MassDevice over the past year. June 2019 Digital manufacturing company Protolabs (Maple Plain, Minn.) rolls out metal 3D printing production capabilities. Materialise announced FDA clearance for its Mimics Enlight — a […]
Adaptiiv Medical Technologies raises $1.8m
Adaptiiv Medical Technologies filed an amendment to its SEC Form D to confirm the sale of nearly $1.8 million in an equity offering. The Halifax, Nova Scotia-based cancer treatment software developer sold about $1.79 million in the $3 million offering, leaving just over $1.2 million remaining to be sold. Adaptiiv made the first sale on […]
Could this handheld 3D bioink printer improve wound healing?
The University of Toronto is touting a new handheld 3D printer that is capable of depositing sheets of skin to cover burn wounds and accelerate the healing process. A study, led by Richard Cheng under the supervision of Axel Guenther, published in Biofabrication revealed that the 3D printer completed successful in-vivo trials on full-thickness wounds, according to […]
CoreLink touts 5,000 ortho implants using 3D printed technology
CoreLink announced that it completed the implantation of more than 5,000 3D printed orthopedic devices using its proprietary Mimetic Metal technology. The St. Louis–based company went over the 5,000-implant threshold in November 2019, just over two years on from the first implantation with the F3D anterior cervical interbody in June 2017. Mimetic Metal is an […]
FDA clears Cleveland Clinic 3D-printed airway stents
The FDA recently cleared 3D-printed, patient-specific stents developed by a doctor at the Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland Clinic physician Tom Gildea developed the stents to keep open the airways of patients with serious breathing disorders caused by inflammation, trauma, tumors and other masses. Airway stents come in a limited number of sizes and shapes and are […]
The 10 greatest medtech advances of the 2010s
From disposable endoscopes to TAVR to robotic surgery, there’s a whole host of medtech advances widely available now that weren’t around much 10 years ago. “In terms of technological advances, I would put this past decade as one of the most important for medical technology. From connected devices and robotics, to advances in material sciences […]
How GE Healthcare is investing in medtech innovation
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) appears to be taking the “throw it against the wall and see what sticks” approach when it comes to medtech innovation. GE’s Chicago-based healthcare subsidiary today announced a medtech 3D printing partnership with Formlabs (Somerville, Mass.). GE Healthcare also disclosed its participation in the recent $243 million Series C round of robot-assisted surgery […]
Human trials could start soon on Adam’s 3D printed bone grafts
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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