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Interview with Gurkaran (Karan) Chowdhry: Collagen Fibers for Bioprinting
Gurkaran Chowdhry is a polymer physicist and a co-founder of 3D BioFibR Inc., a pioneering biotechnology company at the forefront of biomaterial innovation and manufacturing. As the Director of...
Interview with Dr. Nicole Black: 3D-Printed Biomimetic Eardrum Grafts
Dr. Nicole Black is the Vice President of Biomaterials and Innovation for Desktop Health. Nicole grew up in Michigan before moving to Boston to attend Boston University as a Trustee Scholar....
Interview with Dr. Rao Bezwada: Absorbable Polymers for 3D Printing
An accomplished scientist and entrepreneur, Rao S. Bezwada, Ph.D. established Bezwada Biomedical, an innovation-based and technology-driven research company, in 2003. The company is focused on...
Revolutionizing 3D-Printed Facial Titanium Implants Polishing
In the rapidly evolving field of 3D printing (or Additive Manufacturing, AM) and medical technology, GPAINNOVA, a business group specializing in metal surface finishing solutions with their two...
Bioprinting Revolution: The Power of Progressive Cavity Technology
Bioprinting has experienced a significant revolution, driven by the groundbreaking progressive cavity pump technology. This innovative approach has redefined the precision and possibilities of...
Healthcare 3D Printing Innovations: Pitch3D 2023 Highlights Part 1
As technology continues to shape the landscape of the healthcare industry, a host of innovative companies are making waves in the world of healthcare 3D printing. From groundbreaking advancements in...
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Revolutionizing 3D-Printed Facial Titanium Implants Polishing
In the rapidly evolving field of 3D printing (or Additive Manufacturing, AM) and medical technology, GPAINNOVA, a business group specializing in metal surface finishing solutions with their two brands, DLyte and Murua, is developing solutions that promise to transform the way facial titanium implants are polished. Specifically, these disruptive developments are based on the patented DryLyte Technology, a cost-efficient, precise, and advanced method that is set to revolutionize the orthopedic implant industry. An example of this can be found in the success story that we present today, in which GPAINNOVA helped a laboratory to improve, optimize, and make more cost-efficient the processes of polishing for 3D-printed facial implants.
Bioprinting Revolution: The Power of Progressive Cavity Technology
Bioprinting has experienced a significant revolution, driven by the groundbreaking progressive cavity pump technology. This innovative approach has redefined the precision and possibilities of bioprinting processes. At the forefront of this revolution are ViscoTec's extrusion-based bioprinting printheads, known as product brand Puredyne® by ViscoTec. Leveraging the principles of progressive cavity pump technology, these printheads have taken bioprinting to new heights, offering process safety, repeatability, and simplicity. The Puredyne cap b5, specifically engineered for single-use applications, features a design that effectively minimizes dead space, therefore maximizing material utilization.
Healthcare 3D Printing Innovations: Pitch3D 2023 Highlights Part 1
As technology continues to shape the landscape of the healthcare industry, a host of innovative companies are making waves in the world of healthcare 3D printing. From groundbreaking advancements in bioprinting to creative software solutions that streamline the design and production of medical and dental devices, these startups are poised to reshape the way we approach healthcare. This article aims to highlight some of the Pitch3D startups we encountered in the first half of 2023. If you are interested in joining 30+ institutional investors and receiving regular deal flow from Pitch3D, please send an email to: jennychen@3dheals.com
Four U.S. Dental Schools At The Frontier of 3D Printing Education
As we wrapped up our 2023 Dental 3D Printing event recently, it is becoming apparent that the dental industry is not only adapting 3D printing as a new tool for existing operations but also pushing the integration with the other digital dental workflow to increase productivity and value propositions to patients. It is no longer a question of IF, but when and how. Two speakers, Dr. Ioanna Gidarakou and Dr. Gustavo Mendonca, are both active practitioners of 3D technologies and educators. While it is encouraging to see some of our next-gen dental professionals learning from the best in dental 3D printing, 3D printing education is still not formalized in most teaching institutions. Adapting 3D printing at scale still has many immediate challenges. Post-pandemic dental practices face many challenges in itself. While teledentistry is taking center stage, about 50% of dentists apparently won’t buy new technologies anytime soon. Moreover, the largest 3D printing player 3D Systems announced an almost 46.2% decrease in revenue from orthodontic devices (compared to 2022). You can see our Twitter threat about this here. This article aims to highlight four top U.S. dental schools that are leading the way by incorporating dedicated 3D printing into their curriculum. (If you find inaccuracies in this article, please send the request to modify at: info@3dheals.com)
3D printing at Point-of-CARE with Quality
3D printing at Point-of-Care (PoC) facilitates patient-specific patient care and adds an extra dimension to image-based diagnosis and treatment. The adoption of 3D technology in hospitals is really taking off in recent years. Still, with medical 3D printing as a relatively young technology, there are valid concerns (among regulators) about the quality of the medical devices produced at PoC, the challenges in controlling the 3D printing process, and the resulting risks for patients. A decent Quality Management System will make PoC facilities better and their 3D-printed medical devices safer and more effective. The applicable guidance documents about Point-of-Care 3D printing referenced in this paper are bundled together on Google Drive.
Pitch3D 2022: Newborns, Warriors, and The Changing World Order
In 2020, at the peak of the market, we wrote a blog on both the private and public companies in the healthcare 3D printing space. After two years of manias, panic, and crashes, a pandemic, and the start of a new war in Europe, there is plenty to talk about. We will split this market summary into two pieces, part one focusing on the private, early-stage startups (“Newborns” and “Worriers”), and part two focusing on the larger late-stage and public companies with significant stakes in healthcare and life sciences (“Unicorns” and “Winners”). For details about the categorization, please see our earlier post. Here we will also include highlights on fourteen 2022 Pitch3D startups and notable updates from the other thirty-plus startups Pitch3D has hosted since 2018.
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