While the prospect of a 3d printed kidney, liver or heart remains years off, as creating entire organs involves work that is impossible today,
the good news is that 3d printing does have the potential to help patients today in many other ways t
#FDA approves first 3d printed pill, could signal era of custom medication A new anti-seizure medication has become the first-ever 3d printed medication to gain FDA approval.
The FDA has been pulled along into the future in recent years as prosthetics and other medical devices have been pumped out of 3d printers,
but never before has the technology proven so integral to the production of a pill.
Traditional 3d printing with plastics is done by heating a polymer, then applying it layer by layer to build an object.
The 3d printing technology (called Zipdose) developed by Aprecia Pharmaceuticals isn much different. Each pill is built layer-by-layer to form a porous material with a precisely tuned dose of the medication.
Levetiracetam Aprecia Pharmaceuticals sees Spritam as just the first step into the world of 3d printing pills.
but 3d printing could make it possible for medications to be made custom for patients, even if they require high dosages.
This sort of customization would have been prohibitively expensive prior to 3d printing technology. Aprecia Pharmaceuticals expects to begin selling Spritam in the US sometime in early 2016.
The company hasn announced any specific plans for future 3d printed medications, but you can bet they
Otherwise, hey, better medical technology thanks to 3d printing is good for everyone o
#This new high-power diamond laser can cut steel Although lasers based on diamond have been around around for several years,
and also as a cartridge for 3d printing. opo was a joint award winner at the Thought for Food Challenge in Lisbon,
These techs include things like 3d printing, artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, infinite computing, networks, sensors, nanotechnology, and virtual realitynd is essentially a list of the most disruptive technologies ever invented.
#3d printing And The Momentous Change For Africa's Amputees A stunning breakthrough has been achieved with 3d printing,
Professor Matt Ratto, of the University of Toronto faculty of information, tells Forbes that 3d printing offers faster way to create prosthetics with the time to completion cut rom one week to approximately one
and the thermoplastic moulding or fibreglass layout is replaced with 3d printing. A 3d scan of a residual limb can be sent within seconds to a prosthetist who can design a replacement,
and a home or small business type 3d printer, totalling about $6, 000 in value, he says.
and printing technology and the development of new materials for 3d printing, there is huge potential development for the future o
#3d printed dge detectorsorts sound waves Scientists have developed a new method to differentiate very weak and short sound waves from longer ones.
and produced with 3d printing by postdoc Miguel Molerón, is central to the new method. The structure is a pipe with a square cross-section
#Heat makes 3d printed box fold itself up Scientists are using a new 4d technology to create complex self-folding structures.
ALLOVER TEMPERATURE The research creates self-folding structures from 3d printed patterns containing varying amounts of different smart shape-memory polymers.
The patterning, done with a 3d printer allows the resulting flat components to have varying temporal response to the same stimuli.
The team used companion finite element simulations to predict the responses of the 3d printed components, which were made from varying ratios of two different commercially available shape-memory polymers.
#Can 3d printing keep lab-grown organs alive? Using sugar, silicone, and a 3d printer, bioengineers and surgeons have created an implant with an intricate network of blood vessels.
The work points toward a future of growing replacement tissues and organs for transplantation. The research may provide a method to overcome one of the biggest challenges in regenerative medicine:
if there were a way to implant a 3d printed construct where we could connect host arteries directly to the construct
In this study, we are taking the first step toward applying an analogy from transplant surgery to 3d printed constructs we make in the lab. Miller
SUGAR AGESBIOENGINEERING graduate student Samantha Paulsen and research technician Anderson Ta worked together to develop a proof-of-concept construct small silicone gel about the size of a small candy gummy bearsing 3d printing.
Using an open-source 3d printer that lays down individual filaments of sugar glass one layer at a time
and send the resultant high-resolution 3d images to a 3d printer that produces hyper-accurate replicas.
#New 3d printer should work in the vacuum of outer space Last November, California-based Made in Space grabbed headlines
when one of its specially-designed 3d printers became the first such device to print an object in outer space...
Made in Space has created already vacuum-compatible extrusion heads for its existing Additive manufacturing Facility (AMF) 3d printer,
a 3d printed shell that contains the control electronics, and a placeholder for a wireless video camera.
#3d printed guide aids in complex nerve regeneration Complex nerve injuries are a challenging problem for the medical fraternity,
In this vein, US researchers have created the first-ever 3d printed guide specifically designed to assist in the regrowth of the sensory and motor functions of complex nerves.
and Johns hopkins university collaborated on a ground-breaking procedure to produce a 3d printed silicone support structure that is implanted into living tissue to guide
Following this, the researchers fed the information into the software used to control a custom-built 3d printer
"This represents an important proof of concept of the 3d printing of custom nerve guides for the regeneration of complex nerve injuries,
or cadavers could be used as proxies to create 3d printed guides for patients suffering from nerve injury.
The short video below shows the 3d printing process used for the production of the silicone guides u
#3d printed teeth kill bacteria Creating replacement parts for various bits of the human body is one of the many areas in
which 3d printing has huge potential. Dental implants are on that list, too, and if new research out of the University of Groningen in The netherlands comes to fruition,
3d printed replacement teeth could come with the added bonus of being able to destroy 99 percent of bacteria that they come into contact with.
has developed a process to manufacture 3d printed teeth and braces capable of destroying bacteria using a special type of antimicrobial resin.
The resultant mixture was hardened then using ultraviolet light and put inside a 3d printer to print samples of replacement teeth.
#3d printed Pathway Helps Nerve Growth 3d printing has some amazing possibilities for architecture and design, not the least
the researchers used a custom-built 3d printer to make silicone guides for nerve regeneration. These 3d printed nerve pathways were embedded with biochemical cues to promote growth.
The final 3d printed product was implanted then into rats with severed nerves. In about 10 to 12 weeks'time, the rats experienced improved walking ability.
The advantage of this technology is that precise shapes can be printed to suit the patient,
"This represents an important proof of concept of the 3d printing of custom nerve guides for the regeneration of complex nerve injuries,
#Human heart can now be 3d printed using biological materials All 3d printed innovations have something in common:
and body parts using a hacked 3d printer bought off the shop shelves. The new research, published in the journal Science Advances, demonstrates that it is possible to replicate the heart through 3d printing.
-D printing of various materials has been a common trend in tissue engineering in the last decade,
The team next step is to inject heart cells into these 3d printed biological tissue structures
Using a 3d printer bought by most consumers, and ackingit with open-source software and hardware, this research team have managed to replicate human organ structures for less than $1, 000 (£650) n
#FDA approves first 3d printed drug Aprecia Pharmaceuticals owns Spritam (levetiracetam), a solid oral pill to treat epileptic seizures.
The 3d printer lets the company create a pill with a high drug load up to 1, 000mg of levetiracetam, in a single dose.
is licensed based on 3d printing from the original inventors at MIT. The patent-protected technique uses liquid to stitch together several layers of powder.
#Biomedical 3d printing Company Signs Agreement with Xilloc for Licensing, Sale of 3d printed Bones in Europe (3ders. org) NEXT 21 K. K,
. an innovative Japanese biomedical 3d printing company, has created a 3d bone printer capable of producing artificial bone structures for humans.
Before these 3d printed bones actually hit the shelves Xilloc needs to go through registration for on an EU-level on 93/42/EEC (Medical device Directive MDD.
and selling these 3d printed CT bones within Europe
#Patients Have Less Pain and Recover Faster with 3d printed, Custom-Fit Knee Replacements Dr. Ralph Liebelt is one of the few surgeons in the country to use 3d printed, custom-fit knee replacements.
Liebelt said that so far patients who get the customized total knee replacement typically have less pain
and recover faster because doctors are not making holes in the bones and there less bleeding.
His technology from Conformis uses a 3d printer to produce a jig specifically built for an individual patient.
The jigs that come from 3d printing are based on CT SCAN data and fit the patient anatomy.
#Neri Oxman Reveals Mushtari, World First 3d printed Photosynthetic Wearable (Engineering. com) Neri Oxman, architect and designer, has revealed the world first 3d printed photosynthetic wearable mbedded with living matter.
Entitled Mushtari, the wearable is inspired by the human gastrointestinal tract and is designed to host synthetic microorganisms a co-culture of photosynthetic cyanobacteria
an experiment that has never been attempted before. xman team used Stratasystriple-jetting 3d printing to create a large fluid network within Mushtari that varied in transparency from opaque to clear.
Such mechanical and optical property gradation can only be achieved using multi-material 3d printing with high spatial resolution for manufacturing
#Patients Will Swallow 3d printed Tadpole Endoscope That Provides Diagnosis of Cancers A team from the Institute of Precision Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong kong has developed 3d printed tadpole-like devices that can improve diagnosis
The new 3d printed device, called the Tadpole Endoscope, is a reliable and relatively noninvasive solution that could improve cancer diagnosis. Developed to be swallowed just like a large pill (it is a bit bigger than a small coin),
The researchers made the implants using a 3d printer. Three-dimensional printers can create items from a wide variety of materials:
except 3d printers can also lay down flat layers on top of each other to build 3d objects. Advances in 3d printing have enabled the rapid production of medical devices that are customized for individual patients, such as hearing aids, dental implants and prosthetic hands.
However, devices made of rigid materials are often unsuitable for young patients who can quickly outgrow the implants.
which involves 3d printing items that are designed to shape-shift after they are printed. Green and his colleagues reasoned that 4d items could grow with young patients if needed."
"This is the first 3d printed implant specifically designed to change shape over time, the fourth dimension, to allow for a child's growth,
The 3d printed airway splint, shown here in diagrams of how the device was placed into the patients'lungs.
"The researchers used CT SCANS of the infants to develop 3d printed airway splints whose length, diameter,
"This is the first time 3d printing has been used to create a medical implant for treating a life-threatening disease,
Pin It Researchers built a 3d printed device that saved the life of Kaiba Gionfriddo, who was born with a rare condition that caused life-threatening breathing problems.
One emerging technology for skeletal reconstruction is 3d printed synthetic implants made to match the anatomical shape of a patient's defects,
#First 3d printed Drug Approved by FDA Youl rarely see medication news on the pages of Medgadget,
The fascinating part is that each tablet is produced using a layering technique similar to now common 3d printing.
#3d printed Brain regions Help Neurosurgeons Prepare for Difficult Procedures While neurosurgeons have been able to virtually navigate volumetric images of patientsbrain structures gathered from CT and MRI scans,
At Boston Children Hospital, physicians are now using 3d printed replicas of brain regions theyl be working on to practice with before actual surgery.
and nearby anatomy using 3d printed resin. They then used them to train on in preparation to the surgeries
While the glass itself is composed almost entirely of a special 3d printed plastic, Ballantine's added a Rose gold mouthpiece to retain what it describes as"that evocative,
By combining thinned devices based on inorganic semiconductors with components & interconnects that are manufactured 3d printed/additively on nontraditional substrates,
which was made with a 3d printer, has been tested successfully on rodents. Discussions are now under way for tests to be carried out at the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV.
which was made with a 3d printer, has been tested successfully on rodents. Discussions are now under way for tests to be carried out at the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV.
#3d printer for small molecules opens access to customized chemistry Howard hughes medical institute scientists have simplified the chemical synthesis of small molecules,
he says. 3d printer for molecules could allow us to harness all the creativity, innovation, and outside-the-box thinking that comes
#Revolutionary 3-D printing technology uses continuous liquid interface production (w/video) A 3d printing technology developed by Silicon valley startup,
representing a fundamentally new approach to 3d printing. The technology, to appear as the cover article in the March 20 print issue of Science("Continuous liquid interface production of 3d objects),
creating the first 3d printing process that uses tunable photochemistry instead of the layer-by-layer approach that has defined the technology for decades.
"By rethinking the whole approach to 3d printing, and the chemistry and physics behind the process, we have developed a new technology that can create parts radically faster than traditional technologies by essentially'growing'them in a pool of liquid,
dental implants or prosthetics to be 3d printed on-demand in a medical setting.""CLIP's debut coincides with the United Nation designating 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-Based Technologies,
The end result is a polycarbonate 3d printed streamlined skeleton which had no moving parts (Fig. 1) and no energy storage device other than a thin elastic outer membrane.
Underwater'robot'with 3d printed hull and elastic membrane demonstrates ultra-fast escape inspired from Octopus.
hile 3d printing is considered an innovative manufacturing technology, it cannot be used for mass-production of microscopic products.
#3d printed guide helps regrow complex nerves after injury A team of researchers has developed a first-of-its-kind,
3d printed guide that helps regrow both the sensory and motor functions of complex nerves after injury.
Advanced 3d printing methods may now be the solution. This is a 3-D printed nerve regeneration pathway implanted in a rat helped to improve walking in 10 to 12 weeks after implantation.
University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering) In a new study, published today in the journal Advanced Functional Materials("3d printed Anatomical Nerve Regeneration Pathways),
and 3d printing techniques to create a custom silicone guide implanted with biochemical cues to help nerve regeneration.
custom-built 3d printer to print a guide for regeneration. Incorporated into the guide were 3d printed chemical cues to promote both motor and sensory nerve regeneration.
The guide was implanted then into the rat by surgically grafting it to the cut ends of the nerve.
"This represents an important proof of concept of the 3d printing of custom nerve guides for the regeneration of complex nerve injuries,
or cadavers that hospitals could use to create closely matched 3d printed guides for patients s
#New frontiers in 3d printing Three dimensional printing is revolutionizing the production of new devices and structures, including soft robots,
Now, breaching the next frontier in 3d printing, Jennifer A. Lewis, Sc. D.,has designed new systems to actively mix
a 3d printer would need to seamlessly transition from the flexible material that moves with the wearer joints to the rigid material that holds the electronic components.
Finally, they showed that conductive and resistive inks could be mixed on demand to embed electrical circuitry inside 3d printed objects."
yet could not be integrated seamlessly into a single unitary object with 3d printing in the past, "said Wyss Institute Founding Director Donald Ingber, M d.,Ph d,
"Her creativity and leadership have transformed already the realm of 3d printing, and once again, she and her team have opened another new path for this emerging field to explore."
these active mixing and switching printheads provide an important advance for multimaterial 3d printing, "said Lewis."They allow one to programmably control both materials composition and structure at the microscale,
#3d printed scaffolds could enable the release biomolecules into the body with exceptional control (w/video) Tissue development is guided by gradients of biomolecules that direct the growth, migration,
Now, researchers are one step closer to this goal thanks to the creation of new 3d printed scaffolds that enable researchers to release biomolecules into the body with exceptional control.
The work is described in the August 12, 2015 issue of Nano Letters("3d printed Programmable Release Capsules".
Because the capsules are 3d printed, they can be arranged within the gel in practically any design that can be created on a computer.
including blood vessels and even the heart. particularly far-reaching example would be the ability to guide the vascularization of artificial tissue by 3d printing capsules alongside stem cells,
and avenues for commercialization, including non-fouling medical tools and devices, such as implants and scalpels, nozzles for 3d printing and, potentially, larger-scale applications for buildings and marine vessels.
Another avenue for application is functional 3d printing and microarray devices, especially in printing highly viscous and sticky biological and polymeric materials where friction and contamination are major obstacles.
#Researchers Develop 3d printed Brain tissue The brain is amazingly complex, with around 86 billion nerve cells. The challenge for researchers to create bench-top brain tissue from
by developing a 3d printed layered structure incorporating neural cells, that mimics the structure of brain tissue.
The bio-ink is then optimised for 3d printing, and developed for use in a standard cell culturing facility without the need for expensive bioprinting equipment.
and remain in their designated layer. his study highlights the importance of integrating advances in 3d printing,
Professor Wallace said. his paves the way for the use of more sophisticated printers to create structures with much finer resolution. 3d printing of layered brain-like structures using peptide modified gellan gum substrates
#They are now 3d printing drugs THE Food and Drug Administration has approved the first prescription drug made through 3d printing:
a dissolvable tablet that treats seizures. Aprecia Pharmaceuticals said Monday the FDA approved its drug Spritam for adults
The tablet is manufactured through a layered process via 3d printing and dissolves when taken with liquid. The Ohio-based company says its printing system can package potent drug doses of up to 1, 000 milligrams into individual tablets.
The FDA has approved previously medical devices including prosthetics made with 3d printing. An agency spokeswoman confirmed the new drug is the first prescription tablet approved that uses the process.
Doctors are increasingly turning to 3d printing to create customised implants for patients with rare conditions
#Gel scaffold paves way for 3d printing of biological organs To improve 3d printing, simply add gel.
A fresh technique uses one to support complex shapes that would fall apart under their own weight in normal 3d printing.
A hitch in using traditional 3d printing to create the kinds of structure found in our organs is that they collapse long before being finished.
so it couldn keep 3d printed tissue alive. Neither can the gel be used for structures printed below a certain size
The use of 3d printing to make working tissue and organs is still a long way off,
#3d printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You It a development that could spell the end of horse pills,
Yesterday, the FDA approved the first drug to be manufactured using 3d printing. In a buzzword-heavy press release that would make a venture capitalist swoon, Aprecia,
though, 3d printing could offer much more than just tinier pills. Here BBC News: Being able to 3d print a tablet offers the potential to create bespoke drugs based on the specific needs of patients,
which they are used. 3d printing could bring those capabilities into hospitals and clinics, cutting time off delivery and making custom pharmaceuticals easier to obtain b
#A 3d printed, Battery-Powered Rocket engine Nothing demonstrates engineering prowess and technical knowhow quite like rocket science.
The design, made almost entirely of 3d printed parts, will be used on Rocket Labs Electron orbital launch vehicle,
Rutherford is produced also via electron beam melting, an advanced form of 3d printing. Its engine chamber, injector, turbopumps,
It probably not the breakthrough technology of the year, like 3d printing in 2014 or wearables,
and simple 3d printing techniques for production. The innovation is in how Spiers combined them to create a needed new technology.
#In a first, drug using 3d printing technology gets FDA nod The U s. Food and Drug Administration has approved,
for the first time a drug that uses 3d printing technology, paving the way for potential customization of drugs to suit patients'needs.
which disintegrate in the mouth with a sip of liquid. 3d printing could help companies make products"to the specifications of an individual patient rather than (take a) one-size-fits-all kind of approach,"
"Wedbush Securities analyst Tao Levy said. 3d printers help make products by layering material until a three-dimensional object is created.
British scientists have used also 3d printing to create personalized replica models of cancerous parts of the body to allow doctors to target tumors more precisely y
#Eco-friendly 3d printed supercar Kevin Czinger of Divergent Microfactories has spent most of his career in the automotive industry.
"3d printing of metal radically changes that. By looking at 3d printing not for that overall structure
but to create individual modular structures that can be combined, that 3d printing transforms everything, "said Czinger during an interview with Reuters in Silicon valley.
According to Czinger, 3d printing transforms everything by changing the way the structural components of cars are fabricated.
Currently cars are pieced together on long assembly lines inside large factories that use massive amounts of energy.
To accomplish this they printed the modular pieces that are used to connect carbon rods that make up the Blade's chassis."The 3d printed chassis is only 102 pounds
but they believe their new 3d printing method for car manufacturing will have a huge impact on how the cars of the future are built t
such as nacre or tooth enamel. ur technique is similar to 3d printing, but 10 times faster and much more cost-effective, says Florian Bouville,
include high permeability polymers, nanomagnets for medical diagnostics applications, materials for the 3d printing of metal articles,
3d printed case and integrated to act just like a fluorescence microscope. Although other smartphone-turned-microscopes can image larger scale objects such as cells,
Next generation Cellscope uses video, automationfor this latest generation of the mobile phone microscope, named Cellscope Loa, the researchers paired a smartphone with a 3d printed plastic base where the sample of blood
by developing a 3d printed layered structure incorporating neural cells, that mimics the structure of brain tissue.
The bio-ink is then optimised for 3d printing, and developed for use in a standard cell culturing facility without the need for expensive bioprinting equipment.
"This study highlights the importance of integrating advances in 3d printing, with those in materials science, to realise a biological outcome,
and their design was done traditionally by manufacturing but now, with 3d printing, computer manufacturing and more laser technology,
3d printed guide that helps regrow both the sensory and motor functions of complex nerves after injury.
Advanced 3d printing methods may now be the solution. In a new study, published today in the journal Advanced Functional Materials,
and 3d printing techniques to create a custom silicone guide implanted with biochemical cues to help nerve regeneration.
custom-built 3d printer to print a guide for regeneration. Incorporated into the guide were 3d printed chemical cues to promote both motor and sensory nerve regeneration.
The guide was implanted then into the rat by surgically grafting it to the cut ends of the nerve.
"This represents an important proof of concept of the 3d printing of custom nerve guides for the regeneration of complex nerve injuries,
or cadavers that hospitals could use to create closely matched 3d printed guides for patients. In addition to Mcalpine, major contributors to the research team include Blake N. Johnson, Virginia Tech;
To read more about the study entitled"3d printed Anatomical Nerve Regeneration Pathways,"visit the Advanced Functional Materials website e
and functional materials 3d printing is revolutionizing the production of lightweight structures, soft robots and flexible electronics,
a 3d printer must be able to seamlessly transition from a flexible material that moves with your joints for wearable applications,
and properties within printed objects is the next frontier in 3d printing. Towards this objective, Harvard researchers have designed new multimaterial printheads that mix
and could pave the way for entirely 3d printed wearable devices, soft robots, and electronics. The research was led by Jennifer A. Lewis, the Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of engineering and Applied sciences (SEAS) and a Core Faculty member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Finally, they showed that conductive and resistive inks could be mixed on demand to embed electrical circuitry inside 3d printed objects."
and Lewis."Together, these active mixing and switching printheads provide an important advance for multimaterial 3d printing,
The lenses were enclosed then in an all-plastic, 3d printed microscope housing and objective. Once constructed, the microscope provided a field of view of 1. 2 millimeters,
is a simple 3d printed device that can pinpoint the origin of a sound without the need for any sophisticated electronics.
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