Medical 3-D Printing

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for 3D printing, also referred to as rapid prototyping or additive manufacturing. 3-D printing is used in medicine to aid complex procedural guidance, procedure planning and medical education involving unique cases or disease states.

Feature | March 03, 2015

3-D Printing Offers Innovative Method to Deliver Medication

March 3, 2015 — A study being presented at the Society of...

3-D printing, medical industry, advanced visualization, 2020

News | February 27, 2015

Medical 3-D Printing Purchases to Eclipse 2,000 by 2020

February 27, 2015 — In a new report, SmarTech Markets Publishing forecasts shipments of...

3-D printing, tracheal reconstruction, STS, Goldstein, Feinstein Institute

Daniel A. Grande, Ph.D., director of the orthopedic research laboratory at the Feinstein Institute, and Todd Goldstein, an investigator at the Feinstein Institute, part of the North Shore-LIJ Health System, with their MakerBot Replicator desktop 3-D printer that they used to 3-D print cartilage to repair tracheal damage.

Feature | January 27, 2015

3-D Printed Tissue Offers Viable Option for Tracheal Reconstruction

January 27, 2015 — Three-dimensional (3-D) printing can...

3-D printing, eyesight, tumor, Michael Balzer, wife

News | January 19, 2015

Man Saves Wife's Sight by 3-D Printing Her Tumor

January 19, 2015 — When his wife was misdiagnosed, Michael Balzer used...

3-D printing, advanced visualization, Yale-OPM joint research program

Image courtesy of OPM

News | January 15, 2015

Oxford Performance Materials and Yale University to Develop Cost-Effective 3-D Printed Biomedical Technologies

January 15, 2015 — Oxford Performance Materials Inc. (OPM) announced the commencement of an extensive joint research...

ECRI 2015 Top 10 Hospital C-Suite Watch List, 3-D printing, Telemedicine

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News | January 13, 2015

From Google Glass to 3-D Printing, ECRI Institute Spotlights Top 10 Healthcare Technology Issues for 2015

January 13, 2015 — ECRI Institute’s 2015 Top 10 Hospital C-Suite Watch List, available as a free public service,...

Columbia University Medical Center, 3-D printing, meniscus implant

Feature | December 17, 2014

Columbia University Medical Center Regenerates Meniscus with 3-D Printed Implant

December 17, 2014 — Columbia University Medical Center researchers have devised a way to replace the meniscus using...

Fujifilm Synapse 3D, 3-D models, 3-D printing, RSNA 2014

Photo courtesy of Fujifilm

News | December 03, 2014

Fujifilm Offers Advanced Features, Enhanced Diagnostic Confidence With 3-D Models

December 3, 2014 — Fujifilm will showcase the...

3-D printed model to guide face transplant

Feature | December 02, 2014

Researchers Use 3-D Printing to Guide Human Face Transplants

December 2, 2014 — Researchers are using computed tomography (CT) and...

3-D heart model, congenital heart defects, cardiovascular surgery

Plaster composite heart focusing on the intracardiac details to aid surgical planning.

Feature | November 20, 2014

Surgeons use 3-D Printed Model of Heart to Treat Patients with Disorders

November 20, 2014 — An experimental 3-D printed model of the heart may help surgeons treat patients born with...

News | August 20, 2014

Oxford Performance Materials Receives FDA Clearance for 3-D Printed OsteoFab Patient-Specific Facial Device

August 20, 2014 — Additive manufacturing (3-D printing) company Oxford Performance Materials (OPM) announced it has...

oxford performance materials 3d printing

News | August 18, 2014

Oxford Performance Materials Named Best Global Company for 3-D Healthcare Innovation

August 18, 2014 — Additive manufacturing (3-D printing) company Oxford Performance Materials (OPM) was named the "...

A 3-D printed model.

News | August 15, 2014

NIH Launches 3-D Print Exchange for Researchers, Students

August 15, 2014 — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched the NIH 3-D Print Exchange, a public website...

The University of Arizona is using 3-D printing of pediatric patients chest cavities and organs to confirm if the Syncardia ventricular assist device (VAD) can fit in specific patients.

Feature | May 20, 2014

FDA Gathers Information on How to Regulate 3-D Printing of Medical Devices

May 20, 2014 — It is possible to use 3-D printer technology to create some types of customized medical devices on...