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3D Printing and Microfluidics
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Canadian Healthcare 3D Printing Ecosystem
With a unique and different healthcare system and challenges from its immediate neighbor, the United States, this virtual event invites influencers in the Canadian healthcare 3D printing and...
Stem Cell Strategies for Biofabrication
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3D Printing for Orthopedics
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3D Bioprinting for Drug Discovery
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Additive Manufacturing in Dentistry
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Quality Control in Healthcare 3D Printing & Bioprinting
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Point of Care Additive Manufacturing
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3D-Printed Hand Orthoses for 98% of clinicians.
Introduction: 3D-printed hand orthoses fabrication is currently rare in hand therapy clinics. As outlined below, there are compelling reasons for therapy providers to consider 3D-printed hand...
Importance of Patent Search for Regenerative Medicine Inventions
Researchers developing innovative technologies in biotechnology, such as neuromodulation, bioprinting, and tissue engineering, and in the life sciences, such as new drug development and regenerative...
Silvina Zabala-Travers: Point of Care 3D Printing Lab
Silvina Zabala-Travers – MD and Radiologist Degree from Universidad de la República (UdelaR) in Uruguay – 3D training at Sant Joan de Déu Hospital 3D Lab (Expert3D and internship) in...
Ido Bitan: Medical 3D Printing
Ido Bitan is a Product Manager in Stratasys’s Medical Solutions Department. Mr. Bitan received a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering from Beer Sheva University in Israel. Mr. Bitan...
Medical 3D Printing – An Indian Perspective on Point of Care Micro Labs
India has a vast segment of highly qualified doctors who deal with some of the most complex surgeries known across the world. Yet, with a population of over 1.3 Billion and over 1 Million people...
Streamlining Orthopedic Surgical Planning with AI
Total hip arthroplasties (THAs) that include patient-specific implants, guides and surgical plans have been rapidly increasing in frequency over the past decade. This increase is creating more...
Expert's Corner
3D-Printed Hand Orthoses for 98% of clinicians.
3D-printed hand orthoses fabrication is currently rare in hand therapy clinics. As outlined below, there are compelling reasons for therapy providers to consider 3D-printed hand orthoses over traditional methods of fabrication.Â
Importance of Patent Search for Regenerative Medicine Inventions
Researchers developing innovative technologies in biotechnology, such as neuromodulation, bioprinting, and tissue engineering, and in the life sciences, such as new drug development and regenerative medicine which encompasses therapies that repair, replace, or regenerate organs, tissues, cells, and genes, often find themselves questioning whether their innovations, besides making a difference in people’s lives, are worthy of patent protection. This is because patent protection can provide value to the company funding the research by preventing others from practicing the developed technology and creating business opportunities, such as licensing or selling the patented technology and receiving research grants. To determine if a technology should be the subject of a non-provisional (also referred to as a utility patent application), the researcher or company will be best served to engage a patent agent or attorney who will likely advise performing a patent search. Even though a patent search is optional, this article provides four reasons why it is important to perform a patent search.
Medical 3D Printing – An Indian Perspective on Point of Care Micro Labs
India has a vast segment of highly qualified doctors who deal with some of the most complex surgeries known across the world. Yet, with a population of over 1.3 Billion and over 1 Million people undergoing surgeries every year, they are highly short staffed, with a ratio of 1:1600 as opposed to WHO norm of 1:1000 with 80% in urban areas. This gives rise to need of innovation in processes and technology that can make surgeries faster, easier and more precise for the medical team. This allows medical personnel to cater to more patients in the same amount of time, with less chances of failure, thereby avoiding recurrence of the condition. One of the most effective ways to cater to this problem is to obtain dependable pre-operative information and customized tools to ensure the treatment is smooth and effective in the first attempt. Such a large problem statement, with a simple solution, utilizing the disruptive technology of Additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D Printing.
Streamlining Orthopedic Surgical Planning with AI
Total hip arthroplasties (THAs) that include patient-specific implants, guides and surgical plans have been rapidly increasing in frequency over the past decade. This increase is creating more demand from patients, and increasing pressures on clinicians and medical device companies to deliver and deploy their patient-specific products quickly and safely. In this context, anatomical data from MRI and CT scans can be used to create 3D models for 3D printed orthopedic cutting guides, implants, and pre-surgical plans. The Synopsys Simpleware group and the Corin Optimized Positioning System (OPS) group have been working together for over 10 years to develop and streamline their OPS workflow, which is designed to optimize stability, longevity, biomechanics, and patient outcomes for THAs over time. The result of this collaboration is a deeply integrated and customized solution for different stages of the OPS workflow, which has been deployed to over 20,000 patients, and has since evolved to include Machine Learning-based AI technologies. How, then, did this come together, and what does it tell us about the current state of optimizing patient-specific workflows? This blog serves to elaborate on our thought process regarding this integration.
3D Printing at Point of Care
3D Printing at Point of Care (3DP-POC) is a synonym for successful interaction between hardware and software, physicians and engineers, materials and clinical applications, regulatory and individual patients´ needs. 3D Printing at Point of Care starts with very low investment. However, 3D Printing at Point of Care is easily scalable and requires a fundamental understanding of the framework. This article provides an overview of the key success factors to establish 3D Printing at Point of Care (3DP-POC).
Parameters to Consider For Prosthetic and Orthotic Workflow
Over the past 25 years, we have witnessed a move toward Prosthetic and Orthotic digital workflows. This interest has prompted some in-depth research that verifies the clinical validity of 3D-printed devices. However, research takes time and there is still a lot that needs to be studied in terms of the best process or parameters to get to these devices. This means that a reoccurring challenge for 3D adoption amongst clinicians is deciding which software offers these digital tools and which is better for their use cases. The question hence is what digital workflow parameters should you look at to pick a complete solution that’s right for you?Â
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