D printing offers significant opportunities in the medical field, notably in surgical planning, training, orthotics, prosthetics, and personalized orthopedic and dental devices, driven by its quicker ...

When 75-year-old grandfather Dave Richards began a bike ride with friends in July 2021, he expected nothing more than a ...

The funds will be used to increase the company's development into new automated orthopedic indications and deploy its ...

One day, robots might navigate through your blood vessels to break up clots, deliver targeted chemotherapy or repair ruptured blood vessels more efficiently and effectively than existing tools, ...

3D bioprinting combines cells, growth factors, and biomaterials to fabricate biomedical parts. The process requires special “bio-inks,” often made of materials like alginate or gelatin. A key goal is ...

Three-dimensional printing is transforming medical care, letting the health care field shift from mass-produced solutions to customized treatments tailored to each patient’s needs. For instance, ...

After vocal cord surgery, many patients develop stiff vocal folds that impact their ability to speak. Hydrogels can help ...

The French company Kicmed uses additive manufacturing to create a medical cryotherapy device. We interviewed the company to ...

This gallery explores recent research impacting 3D printing in pharmaceutical drugs, tissue engineering, orthopedics, and clinical testing. When it comes to custom-made products in medicine, 3D ...

The efforts will increase critical equipment as hospitals combat the coronavirus The U.S. military is 3D-printing face shields, designing reusable plastic N95 masks and sewing surgical masks to ...

Lt. Col. Michael Radigan checks on the 3D printing of a medical cast aboard an MV-22 Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 164 during a training flight near Twentynine Palms, California. ...