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The Maxillofacial Laboratory at St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust is made up of Orthodontic and Prosthodontic Dental Technicians as well as Maxillofacial Prosthetists. The team were seeking a range of 3D printers that provided the accuracy to reproduce bone structures and dental models combined...

Rebuilding Faces with 3D Printing A Tennessee-based oral and maxillofacial surgeon and his team of residents are using 3D printing to create better treatment plans, implants and other life-changing devices for patients with birth defects, or recovering from disease or trauma Most of the time, a car...

WINK-TV | August 2017 ~ FORT MYERS, Fla. Brian and Christopher Luizzi want patients to be able to hold what is making them sick in the palm of their hand. It’s been one year since the Luizzi brothers decided to turn their idea into reality. The brothers own...

The New Jersey Center for Biomaterials (NJCBM) at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, develops advanced biomedical products for tissue regeneration and the delivery of pharmaceutical agents. Dr. Joachim Kohn, Director of the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials “State-of-the-art 3D printing technology from EnvisionTEC is...

Since the inception of 3D printing in the early 1980s, mass production has been viewed as the technology’s holy grail. But for more than a decade, while other companies have teased the possibility of full-production 3D printing of sneakers, eyeglasses, toys and other objects, Switzerland-based Sonova, the...

McGill University’s Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Bioinspiration uses 3D printing technology to replicate nature’s own textiles and patterns to better understand tough designs that are resistant to puncture and more. Imagine building a jigsaw puzzle out of ABS plastic that is 45 times tougher than...

How the Loop Was Born Maarten Bodewes didn’t set out to get into the hearing care business. A young engineer for Microsoft in Antwerp, Belgium, he was busy enjoying life — including the joys of clubbing and live music. After one night out having fun, Maarten couldn’t shake...

High-resolution rapid prototyping systems are accelerating medical device development. Novartis uses a detailed plan to choose a 3D printer, ultimately finding EnvisionTEC 3D printers to be ideal. Getting the Details Right High-resolution rapid prototyping systems are accelerating medical device development. By: David Maltz The capability of state-of-the-art prototyping systems...