A dozen Boston area anesthesiology residents launched an eight-week hackathon hosted on GrabCAD.com to design a rapidly deployable, minimum viable mechanical ventilator for patients with COVID-19-related ventilator-dependent lung injury. The … [Read more...] about Innovation in a crisis—fixing the ventilator shortage with 3D printing
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Designing medical devices for additive manufacturing
Printing equipment is increasingly open – allowing materials from diverse suppliers to be used on more additive manufacturing machines. The FDA is working with manufacturers, service bureaus and material suppliers on best practices. With strong … [Read more...] about Designing medical devices for additive manufacturing
Nexa3D and Henkel jointly commercialize high impact, durable material for medical and athletic devices
Nexa3D, a maker of stereolithography 3D printers, and Henkel, a leading supplier of high impact functional additive materials, announced the immediate commercial availability of xMED412, a polypropylene-like material for manufacturing a variety of … [Read more...] about Nexa3D and Henkel jointly commercialize high impact, durable material for medical and athletic devices
Geosciences’ Marc Michel switches from nanoparticles to 3D printing nasal swabs
Marc Michel, an associate professor of geosciences in the Virginia Tech College of Science, typically spends his days (and some nights) studying nanoparticles in nature and how they are formed. He seeks new water treatment methods and ways to create … [Read more...] about Geosciences’ Marc Michel switches from nanoparticles to 3D printing nasal swabs
Smith College Team wins CoVent-19 Challenge to design new ventilator
On April 1, a dozen anesthesiology resident physicians from Massachusetts General Hospital kicked off an audacious public challenge to design a rapidly deployable, minimum viable ventilator that could address shortages caused by the COVID-19 … [Read more...] about Smith College Team wins CoVent-19 Challenge to design new ventilator
Putting the metal to the pedal with additive manufacturing
In 2010, Stevin Creeggan’s life changed forever. He was the sole survivor of a helicopter crash at Pukerua Bay, north of the New Zealand capital, Wellington. Stevin was left with multiple injuries including self-fused vertebrae in his neck and lower … [Read more...] about Putting the metal to the pedal with additive manufacturing
MT Ortho harnesses additive technology to manufacture custom prostheses for cranioplasty and bone cancer patients
Until recently, only standard, conventionally manufactured prostheses, or in limited cases custom prostheses, were available for patients with bone tumors. That’s changed thanks to a combination of additive manufacturing and CT imaging. These … [Read more...] about MT Ortho harnesses additive technology to manufacture custom prostheses for cranioplasty and bone cancer patients
Designing a better knee joint with additive manufacturing
Italian medical implant manufacturer REJOINT is reimagining the knee joint using Electron Beam Melting (EBM) and IoT-connected sensorized wearables. The market for knee implants is now estimated at around five million implants per year worldwide. … [Read more...] about Designing a better knee joint with additive manufacturing
Henkel and Origin collaborate to help meet demand for COVID-19 NP swabs
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for medical supplies, including testing kits has outpaced supply. The testing kits use a nasopharyngeal (NP) swab, which collects viral material from inside a person’s nasal cavity. Globally, … [Read more...] about Henkel and Origin collaborate to help meet demand for COVID-19 NP swabs
Bioresorable ceramic makes it easier to additively manufacture patient implants
CAM bioceramics is an ISO 13485:2016 certified supplier of medical grade ceramic materials, supporting Admatec to enable printing medically approved ceramic material on the Admaflex 3D printing systems, opening up opportunities for the medical and … [Read more...] about Bioresorable ceramic makes it easier to additively manufacture patient implants