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The Orthopedic Pulse: AAOS 2025 With Matthew Henshaw (Podcast)
Jenny and Matthew discussed the latest trends and innovations in the orthopedic and medical device industry, including regenerative medicine approaches for joint and spine conditions, new...
Event Recap: 3D Printed Devices In Orthopedics
Last Thursday, we hosted a conversation with leading innovators and scientists in 3D printing for orthopedics. What makes these discussions so valuable is the inside look into how the field has...
Interview with Bradley Tumas: Building a 3D Community in Veterinarian Medicine
Bradley Tumas is an Account Manager at Materialise, where he supports Academic and Government Research accounts using Mimics, a 3D imaging software. In addition, Brad supports Clinical and...
3D Printing in Post Mortem Reconstruction
3D printing and scanning technology has improved since its introduction in 1986, when the first stereolithographic (SLA) systems were introduced [1] and are embraced by both surgical and forensic...
Interview with Garren Angacian: Orthopedics
Garren Angacian is the Engineering Manager of Himed. Over 30 years of operation, Himed has become a global leader in calcium phosphate-based biomaterial production and has developed proprietary...
Five Powerful Books Every Entrepreneur Must Read to Win-2025
You must learn to think like a great investor to build a great company. The most successful entrepreneurs aren’t just skilled operators but master capital allocators, strategically investing their...
Expert's Corner
3D Printing in Post Mortem Reconstruction
3D printing and scanning technology has improved since its introduction in 1986, when the first stereolithographic (SLA) systems were introduced [1] and are embraced by both surgical and forensic departments across the world [2]. Despite the applications of 3D printed prosthetics in both medicine and various disciplines of forensic science to date, limited studies can be found on the use of the application in Forensic Medicine, specifically, during post mortem reconstruction. The aim of this article is to explore current reconstruction techniques in forensic medicine to improve aesthetics and bony structure stability in situations requiring repair of skull and facial bone damage due to trauma or the tissue retrieval process in post mortem procedures.
Five Powerful Books Every Entrepreneur Must Read to Win-2025
You must learn to think like a great investor to build a great company. The most successful entrepreneurs aren’t just skilled operators but master capital allocators, strategically investing their money, time, energy, and focus. In the early stages of a company, financial capital is often the least scarce resource; the real differentiators are insight, discipline, and the ability to place asymmetric bets on the future. Understanding the game of investing—whether in markets, people, or ideas—gives you a decisive edge in entrepreneurship. These five books have impacted my perception profoundly in 2024. They sharpen entrepreneurs' ability to think probabilistically, navigate uncertainty, endure discomfort/pain, and maximize their chances of success in a field where most remain blind to the underlying rules. If you are willing to read, you already belong to the most exclusive club in the world.
Challenges (& Opportunities) in Medical 3D Printing
In 2024, we interviewed dozens of founders, scientists, and innovators in medical 3D printing. During these interviews, we asked them what kind of challenges were specific to the industry they were facing and what potential solutions could be. While these are complex problems to solve, they also showed us where future opportunities lie and where the next generation of hardware, software, and talents could be found. We have published a few selected excerpts from these interviews, but you can also follow the link and read their full interview directly.
Pitch3D: Most Innovative Medical 3D Printing Startups 2024
As the end of 2024 approached, a group of groundbreaking pitch 3D startups took the lead in healthcare 3D printing, bioprinting, and tissue engineering. This article highlights key emerging themes in the space and the startups we have featured on our pitch3D platform. We want to raise awareness of these startups' cutting-edge technologies and investment potential. Also, please mark your calendar and join us live at the upcoming virtual Pitch3D Demo Day to meet some of our investors, founders, and ecosystem operators.
3DP for O&P: Are You Left Behind?
A week ago, we successfully concluded our annual event, which focused on 3D printing (and 3D technologies in general) in the orthotics and prosthetics industry. This is one of the most critical topics that defines our vision and achievements in healthcare 3D printing, and therefore 3DHEALS events revisit this annually. For our 2024 version, our unique expert panel covered almost every body part in the O&P industry. The speakers included clinicians, industrialists, marketers, and startup founders. Each speaker brought their unique journeys (often measured in decades), perspectives, and wishlist to the conversation. What is also worth meaning was our audience for the live event. Our analytics dashboard showed surprisingly strong results from India, Denmark, and Canada, in addition to our US audience, among 40+ countries. We also had one of the highest percentages of clinicians signed up for the event, 15%, as opposed to typically less than 10%. (Your prosthetists care! )The beauty of the 3DHEALS panel is that it is a mix of structured education in a relatively short period (15 minutes or so) and organic reactions and conversations among the audience. I want to thank all of the speakers, as well as a very engaging audience, for participating in this event. This blog contains my thoughts after the event. Frankly, I felt a bit out-of-date during the virtual event because there were so many advancements since I last reviewed the industry. Therefore, this blog contains my opinions, which are not necessarily the truth, and I am open to critiques.
Metamaterial and 3D Printing
In a few of our late virtual events, our audience and speakers began mentioning the word "metamaterial." True, "meta" seems over-used in media lately. For example, Facebook even rebranded itself after this all-encompassing word, but few people truly understand it, let alone what "metamaterial" really is. This article attempts to clarify that confusion and its relationship to the universe of 3D printing. In short, "meta" frequently signifies going beyond traditional boundaries to look at a system or concept from a higher, more abstract perspective. Metamaterials are special materials engineered to have properties not typically found in nature. Unlike traditional materials like wood or metal, which have characteristics based on their atomic structure, metamaterials derive their unique properties from their design at a microscopic or nanoscopic level. Scientists create these materials by arranging small, often repeating structures (like tiny coils or patterns) in a specific way. This precise structure allows metamaterials to manipulate waves—like light, sound, or electromagnetic waves—in unusual ways.
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