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How to Take 3-D Printing Beyond Prototyping
Aug 21, 2015
Here are three important things that medical device makers should consider as they examine the pros and cons of 3-D printing, courtesy of Andreas Pfahnl of Devicix.Andreas PfahnlAndreas Pfahnl, ScD, DevicixManufacturing a medical device requires...
Why 3-D Printed Skin Makes Sense
May 29, 2015
The beauty company L'Oreal is tapping the expertise of 3-D printed human tissue pioneer Organovo. We asked an additive manufacturing expert about the potential behind 3-D printing skin.Chris NewmarkerDerek Mathers, business development manager at...
L'Oreal Wants to 3-D Print Skin to Test Its Products
May 22, 2015
The beauty company is tapping the expertise of 3-D printed human tissue pioneer Organovo.The NovoGen MMX bioprinter from Organovo can produce living tissue samples. The company hopes it can make clinically viable partial organs in four to six...
This Is How You Inexpensively 3-D Print a Trachea Segment
May 13, 2015
Find out how New York researchers avoided spending hundreds of thousands of extra dollars on equipment.Daniel A. Grande, PhDChris NewmarkerThey 3-D printed windpipe or trachea segments that held up for four weeks in an incubator. And they did it...
How 3-D Printing Is Changing Cardio and Ortho Applications
May 12, 2015
While 3-D printing is catching on, medical device manufacturers should consider it carefully before jumping in head first.Bob MichaelsMaterialise's patient-specific cranial implant printed using porous titanium.Several speakers will take the...
Desktop 3-D Printer Takes on Infections and Cancer
May 12, 2015
Researchers at Louisiana Tech are using an inexpensive 3-D printer to make novel medical implants.Brian BuntzLouisiana Tech doctoral student Jeffery Weisman uses a MakerBot 3-D printer to create antibacterial beads.The MakerBot line of 3-D...
Next Up for 3-D Printing: Biocompatible Nanotechnology
May 11, 2015
Developing customized materials and processes is key to extending 3-D printing to the manufacture of biocompatible nanotechnologies. Bob MichaelsExamples of 3-D printed drug-delivery devices.Medical device manufacturers have their sights on 3-D...
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