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3D Printed Orthopedics Implants

August 5, 2024

Join a group of passionate international experts to learn about innovative biomaterials, the changing regulatory landscape, and what we can learn from failed 3D-printed implants. Please register now to be part of this inspiring conversation that promises to reshape how we think about orthopedic care.

Speakers:

Esther Valliant

Esther Valliant’s research over the last fifteen years has focused principally on biomaterials for hard tissue applications and the development of new medical devices. Highlights include improving the mechanical properties of bioactive glass by forming a flexible hybrid, developing an osteoconductive PMMA-free orthopedic cement for spinal surgery. She has authored of over 16 peer-reviewed journal articles, an inventor of a patent for an internal medical device and a reviewer for two scientific journals. She earned her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada), her PhD in Material Science from Imperial College London (London, UK), and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Biomedical Engineering at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada).

Bryan Scheer

Bryan Scheer, M.D. is a Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon. Dr.Scheer received his medical degree at the University of Nevada and completed his orthopedics residency at the University of Oklahoma. After more than ten years of practice in rural hospitals, he co-founded inReach Healthcare (fka Rural Partners in Medicine -RPM). InReach’s mission has always been to empower rural hospitals and give them an avenue to provide specialty medical care to their patients. This also opened the door to give some balance to the maldistribution of specialty providers in these small, remote, underserved communities. InReach contracts directly with individual hospitals to keep patients and revenue local. This has positively impacted the physical health and economic viability for these partnering hospitals. Quickly, the demand became larger than what he could individually supply, so he recruited fellow orthopedic surgeons and expanded their scope. InReach has six separate divisions and offers numerous services/specialties in 18 states and over 100 hospitals. Striving to further enhance patient outcomes, Dr. Scheer developed a strong interest in alternative materials and applications for medical use which led to the founding of SiNAPTIC Technologies. SiNAPTIC focuses on Additive Manufacturing of complex and technical ceramics. 3-D printed biomaterials are the cutting edge in performance and improved outcomes but also further improve daily lives through the many uses in industry, electronics, and aerospace/defense. Both inReach and SiNAPTIC are based north of Denver, CO. Dr. Scheer lives full time in Steamboat Springs, CO with his wife Melanie. They share four adult children.

Brian’s slides.

Jennifer Palinchik

Jennifer Palinchik is President and Co-Founder of JALEX Medical, LLC. The company is located just outside of Cleveland, OH and provides Medical Device Design, Regulatory, and Quality Consultation services to companies, hospitals, and surgeon inventors seeking entrance into the Medical Device Market. She brings over 20 years of experience in the field, specializing in design and development and regulatory affairs activities. Under her leadership, the company has experienced year over year growth and has achieved a significant amount of device clearances thru the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Earlier in her career, she performed artificial pancreas and kidney stem cell research for animal studies and clinical trials. She is an active member in regional organizations that promote biomedical and healthcare in Northeast Ohio, has been a guest speaker at conferences for the medical industry, sits on several advisory boards, and has been featured in several local and national publications. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering degree from the University of Toledo and a Master in Business Administration in Executive Management & Entrepreneurship degree from Ashland University.

Harry Hothi

www.hothi.com

I have 15 years’ experience in implant research, development, and regulation. My background is in mechanical (BEng) and orthopaedic (MSc, PhD) engineering. I have extensive experience of working closely with spine, hip and knee surgeons, hospital R&D teams within the NHS and Europe, healthcare regulators, notified bodies, academic researchers, engineers, scientists, and orthopaedic manufacturers. I have published 86 peer-reviewed journal papers with over 110 co-authors on research relating to the analysis of new and retrieved orthopaedic implants (post-market surveillance). This has led to more than 150 abstracts accepted for podium presentation at international conferences in Europe and the US. My key research themes have included the analysis of metal-on-metal hip implants, dual-taper stem hips, knee implants and medical imaging, magnetically controlled growing spine rods and lower-limb nails, additive-manufactured implants, and the use of blood metal ion testing to monitor the function of implants.

Moderator:

Craig Rosenblum

Craig Rosenblum is the President of Himed. Over 30 years of operation, Himed has become a global leader in calcium phosphate-based biomaterial production and has developed proprietary plasma spray coatings and surface treatments. Craig and his team collaborate directly with dental and medical device manufacturers around the world to provide innovative biomaterial solutions. Craig discovered a unique application for MATRIX MCD® post-processing additively manufactured titanium implantable devices using Himed’s proprietary and biocompatible resorbable blast media.

Dental 3D Printing 2024: What’s New (Now On-Demand)

May 30, 2024

Since 2017, dental 3D printing has been an essential focus for the 3D printing world. The dream scenario of every dental practice having a “chair-side” mini factory is still the end goal. But like every other vertical, transforming dentistry is nuanced. From a lack of biocompatible materials to impractically expensive capital requirements, this dream has yet to be realized. However, as an industry observer, we are witnessing slow but steady progress. As Dr. Johnson, one of our speakers, mentioned in his interview, this reality is closer now than ever, with improvements taking place in every aspect of this transformation. Almost every newsletter we published would include one or two new dental 3D printing materials. From a clinical perspective, Every dental specialty (endodontists, implantologists, prosthodontists, orthodontists, etc) has participated in at least one 3DHEALS dental event. Some even have their startups. The willingness to innovate and change is evident.

Speakers:

Albert Mangas Estany

Albert Mangas Estany was born in Solsona in 1980, at the age of 40, he is the Director of Engineering and Operations at the Avinent Implant System Company, a company specialized in the manufacturing of medical devices located in Santpedor. During his career since 2006 in that company he was working in different departments from now, he was on the product development, technical support, serial and custom production so always he was close to the end user understanding and helping them on the technical point of view. Working on that company he understood and contribute on the innovations on the digital and medical sector more specific on dental and maxillofacial business. He has knowledge on the manufacturing capabilities, substrate or additive manufactories technologies, he also knows about product development end to end since identify ideas to convert them in a real product working together with other departments to release them around the world.

Ahmed Adel

My background is mechatronics & robotics, I travelled 30% of the world learning how 3D printing could impact people life, and I do scuba & sky diving. I have been to the additive manufacturing space for 10 years and recently co-founded Zylo3D to bring 3D printers to the retail business of dental offices.

Dr. Andrew C. Johnson

Dr. Andrew C. Johnson completed his general dental and prosthodontic training at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis and now practices in Northwest Arkansas. Along with his specialist certificate, Dr. Johnson earned a post-doctoral master’s degree in dental science researching CAD/CAM restorative techniques and emerging digital dental materials. As a board-certified prosthodontist and digital denture technician, his expertise centers around complex dental implant and prosthetic reconstruction, start to finish—from three-dimensional imaging, virtual treatment planning and computer-guided and robotic surgery, to digital prosthesis design, production workflow and long-term complication management. However, now that he devotes equal time to utilizing, teaching, and directly developing next generation dental technologies, his broader professional interests include process scaling, provider calibration, and dental mindset disruption.

Mike Lawrenchuk

Mike Lawrenchuk is a Sr Business Development Manager at Materialise responsible for supporting the North American medical device industry. For nearly 20 years, he has helped companies in the dental industry implement patient-specific solutions and additive manufacturing processes. Mike also supports the cranial maxillofacial and orthopedic markets in a similar capacity. His recent focus has been on utilizing AI techniques and design automation to help groups streamline their pre-operative planning and production workflows. Mike is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a BSE and MSE in Biomedical Engineering.

Conrad Hocke

Conrad Hocke, Product Specialist at Relu. Conrad studied dentistry for four years before pivoting to software development. He completed his degree in Business Information Systems in Goettingen, Germany. Last year, he joined Relu to pursue his passion for Artificial Intelligence in health care.

Moderator:

Dr. Jenny Chen

Dr. Jenny Chen is trained as a neuroradiologist, and founder/CEO of 3DHEALS. Her main interests include next-generation education, 3D printing in the healthcare sector, automated biology, and artificial intelligence. She is an angel investor who invests in Pitch3D companies.

Additive Manufacturing in Dentistry

May 20, 2023

Dentistry seems to be the potential breakthrough industry to manifest many 3D printing enthusiasts’ dreams of mass customization, point-of-care delivery, and local manufacturing hub for dental professionals, reducing inefficiency and costs. Over the past several years, 3DHEALS has invited many different stakeholders to share their experiences, ranging from material innovation, and software development, to new clinical workflows. Applications ranging from surgical guides, implants, dentures, and night guards are among the new applications gaining increasing attention either in the startup world or the industry at large, in addition to the existing billion-dollar market of dental aligners. The collective thought is that 3D printing can do more and more in parallel to the maturation of technologies. In this 90-minute webinar, we invite experts with unique perspectives about the current status and near future of dental 3D printing, including international clinicians, startup founders, and industry veterans.

Speakers:

Dr. Ioanna Gidarakou

Dr Ioanna Gidarakou received her dental degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Magna Cum Laude. She then completed her orthodontic specialty at Eastman Dental Center, University of Rochester, NY. At the same time, she received her TMJD degree and completed a 1-year fellowship on genetics at the Pediatric Department, School of Medicine, University of Rochester, NY. She pursued her PhD thesis on Class II growing patients at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Dr Gidarakou has been actively involved in academics, teaching pre- and post-graduate students, giving lectures worldwide and publishing numerous articles in prestigious orthodontic journals. She currently maintains 2 orthodontic practices in Katerini and Litochoro, in Central Macedonia, Greece. She is married with 3 children.

Gustavo Mendonca

Dr. Gustavo Mendonça is a Professor at the Department of General Practice at the Virginia Commonwealth University. He received his DDS from the Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil. He also completed his postgraduate training in Prosthodontics and master’s degree in Oral Rehabilitation from the same school. In 2008 he finished his PhD in Genomic Sciences and Biotechnology at the Catholic University of Brasília, Brazil. Dr. Gustavo Mendonça is also a Fellow and a Diplomate of the Academy of Osseointegration. Dr. Gustavo Mendonça’s research interests focus has been related to the use of CAD/CAM materials and 3d printing for clinical use in dentistry and research applications. He also has worked in vitro and in vivo on the effect of osseointegration of implants and biomaterials. In addition to his research, Dr. Mendonça is dedicated to teaching and mentoring the next generation of dental professionals. Dr. Mendonça is passionate about providing high-quality, patient-centered care and ensuring that his students are well-prepared to meet the challenges of the dental profession.

Iain Mcleod

Iain is originally from Scotland and studied B.Eng. Computer Engineering and Electronics at Napier University Edinburgh. On graduating in 1994, he became a founder of a software company specialising in hardware simulation. He then moved to Denmark in 2004, joining 3Shape back in 2007 to develop 3D scanning and CAD software for the digital workflow in audiology. After completing an MBA at Copenhagen Business School in 2019, he got even closer to the world of 3D printing and material development with joining the 3D printer company Formlabs. Iain is now the CEO of H3D, a SaaS company that has developed a fully automated high volume AI solution that removes the need to use CAD software in the digital dentistry workflow.

Dr. Khaled Kasem

Dr. Khaled Kasem has more than 25 years of experience in his field. He currently works exclusively in orthodontics being the chief of orthodontists at Impress while also combining his work at the University of Barcelona as research coordinator in the orthodontic
department. He has studied a master’s degree in Orthodontics and has a diploma in advanced techniques in dentistry. He has publications in renowned journals such as the American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics or Photomedicine & Laser Surgery.

Impress is the #1 European digital orthodontic brand. The company was established in Barcelona in 2019, and since then it has revolutionized the invisible orthodontic sector with the best team of professionals specialized in making people smile and the latest technology applied to the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of all cases. In 4 years, Impress has managed to position itself as the European leader in the orthodontic sector with its award-winning invisible orthodontic treatment.

After raising $125 million earlier in 2022, the funding was earmarked to further expand its presence across Europe, as well as propel the orthodontic experience further into the digital realm. Impress is currently present in more than 160 cities in 8 different countries: Spain, Portugal, Italy, United Kingdom, France, Ukraine, Germany and the United States.

Gino Balistreri

Global Market Development Lead – HP Personalization & 3D Printing

Gino Balistreri is engaging with organizations in the dental and medical industry to increase the rate of additive manufacturing adoption, particularly focusing on orthodontic production applications using HP’s Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing technology. Driven by his dedication to healthcare and his mission to enhance quality of life through new technology, Gino has successfully steered cross-functional teams to grow strategic customers to high-volume additive production in fleets with HP’s 3D printers.

Prior to leading a team in developing production applications, Gino served as a Global Product Manager, where he effectively led teams in launching products that automated key steps in scaling MJF production at HP’s largest customers across various industries.

Gino pursued his studies at universities in the Netherlands, Hong Kong, and Mexico, obtaining an MSc and BSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from the University of Twente.

Moderator:

Dr. Jenny Chen

Dental 3D Printing: Pioneers and Rulebreakers

August 13, 2022

Dentistry seems to be the potential breakthrough industry to manifest many 3D printing enthusiasts’ dream of mass customization, point of care delivery, and local manufacturing hub for dental professionals, reducing inefficiency and costs. Over the past several years, 3DHEALS has invited many different stakeholders to share their experiences, ranging from material innovation, and software development, to new clinical workflows. Applications ranging from surgical guides, implants, dentures, and night guards are among the new applications gaining increasing attention either in the startup world or the industry at large, in addition to the existing billion-dollar market of dental aligners. The collective thought is that 3D printing can do more and more in parallel to the maturation of technologies.

Speakers:

Gordon Lai

Dr. Gordon Lai received his DDS degree from University of California School of Dentistry in 2006 and subsequently completed a one year GPR at the VA Palo Alto. While serving as the associate dental director at a community clinic in the SF Bay Area for 10 years, he was also active in mentoring residents for the UCSF/NYU Langone AEGD residency program. He subsequently completed his endodontics specialty training at University of Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in 2020 and is currently teaching part time as an assistant professor at UOP as well as working in private practice. One of his main areas of research interest is finding innovative ways to incorporate 3D printing, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality into clinical practice as well as educating dental students.

Nabeel Cajee

Nabeel Cajee is a dentist and thought leader in 3D printing in dentistry. He is the Dental Ambassador of 3DHEALS, a healthcare 3D printing innovation platform. During the early days of the COVID19 shut down, he spearheaded the PRINTtoPROTECT Coalition, a group of digital makers who produced 10,000 face shields for frontline healthcare workers in Central California. Nabeel maintains a private practice in Manteca, CA where he focuses on implant and complex dentistry. He envisions a world where clinicians use 3D digital imaging & fabrication to create better and more accessible patient treatment. IG: @drcajee

Mayra Torres Vasques

Founder of Innov3D
PhD at the School of Dentistry – Univ. of Sao Paulo (FOUSP)
Fellowship in TMD and Orofacial Pain at the University of Kentucky – USA
Member of the Center for Occlusion, TMD and Orofacial Pain, Department of Prosthesis, FOUSP
Professor at CRAI – FOUSP – “3D Printing in Dentistry”
Founding member of the Brazilian Society of Digital Dentistry
Researcher in the field of additives manufacturing (3D printing) at FOUSP
São Paulo community manager of the 3DHeals organization – “Dental 3D Meetup” study group organizer
Latin America Chair of the organization “Women in 3D Printing”
Publication of articles on the topic of additive manufacturing in dentistry

Ron Ellenbogen

Ron Ellenbogen is the Director of Dental Products at Stratasys. In the 3D printing industry for the past 8.5 years, Ron led product management for several key dental products such as the J5 DentaJet, Origin One Dental and J700/J720 Dental. Before entering the dental segment, Ron led high end PolyJet printers such as the J750, the first full color resin printer. Before joining Stratasys Ron was a product manager at PrimeSense, the company behind the XBox Kinect until PrimeSense was acquired by Apple. Before that Ron was a product marketing manager and strategic marketing manager at Orbotech, a leader in capital equipment for the electronics industry. Ron has a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, M.Sc. in Computer Science for Tel Aviv University and MBA from INSEAD. He was a Captain in the Israeli Air-Force where he served as a SW development group manager.

Cory Lambertson

Cory Lambertson has over 8 years of experience in additive manufacturing. He started his career in the Dental Laboratory Industry after college by joining his Father at Heartland Dental Laboratory in 2013. From there, Cory ventured off into corporate dentistry which is where he was first introduced to the Asiga brand of 3D Printers. Cory found a passion for the Asiga brand of 3D Printers due to the revolutionary changes that they bring to the dental industry. Today, Cory is the General Manager of Americas at Asiga, and is based out of Ann Arbor Michigan.

Moderator:

Dr. Jenny Chen

Dr. Jenny Chen is trained as a neuroradiologist, founder/CEO of 3DHEALS. Her main interests include next generation education, 3D printing in the healthcare sector, automated biology, artificial intelligence. She is an angel investor who invests in Pitch3D companies.

Dental 3D Printing: Latest in Digital Dentistry

October 27, 2021

Dentistry seems to be the potential breakthrough industry to manifest many 3D printing enthusiasts’ dream of mass customization, point of care delivery, and local manufacturing hub for dental professionals, reducing inefficiency and costs. Over the past several years, 3DHEALS has invited many different stakeholders to share their experiences, ranging from material innovation, software development, to new clinical workflows. Applications ranging from surgical guides, implants, dentures, night guards are among the new applications gaining increasing attention either in the startup world or the industry at large, in addition to the existing billion dollar market of dental aligners. The collective thought is that 3D printing can do more and more in parallel to the maturation of technologies.

Speakers:

Justin Marks

Justin Marks, CDT is the Founder and CEO of Arfona Printing, a leader in 3D printing technologies for dental prosthetics. An accomplished dental technician, educator and lab owner, Justin has lectured and taught courses on digital dentistry and removable prosthodontics in more than 40 countries. Since 2008 Justin has dedicated the majority of his career to applying computer aided design and 3D printing technologies to removable prosthodontics and is credited with the invention of the world’s first 3D printed flexible partial denture. Justin holds his board certification as a dental technician in the complete and partial denture specialties and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Pace University with a BBA in marketing and management.

Rick Ferguson DDMD

Dr. Ferguson has been involved in teaching implant dentistry for the last 20 years and has lectured in every major city in the United States as well as internationally. These lecture topics have included treatment planning, case selection, simple and complex surgical placement and restoration, advanced bone grafting and bone graft materials, use of Computed Tomography and surgical guides, management of complications and failures. Dr. Ferguson has placed and restored over 5000 dental implants and maintains a private practice with his wife Dr. Katherine Ferguson in Davie, FL emphasizing dental implants and where they also teach a live surgery course. Dr. Ferguson has been instrumental in implementing implant training programs and hands on bone grafting courses which have been attended by thousands of dentists. More recently Dr. Ferguson has pursued the use of 3D printing to benefit the clinical dental practice and created the Dental 3D printing Facebook group which has almost 15,000 members wordlwide.

Mayra Vasques

Dr. Mayra Vasques is researcher at Univ. of Sao Paulo (Brazil) and founder of iNNOV3D an EdTech company focused on supporting and training teachers and universities for the innovative and efficient use of 3D Technologies in Dentistry. She started in the additive manufacturing field in 2015, during her PhD Fellow at School of Dentistry at the University of Sao Paulo, where she led a project in additive manufacturing for the development of occlusal splints for patients with orofacial pain. Since then, she has published scientific papers and she has been involved in several AM research projects and as panelist in conferences. She is deeply involved in creating a positive and accessible local ecosystem in Brazil for digital technology and AM, working for to build the local community as Latin America Chair at ”Women in 3D Printing” company and Community Manager at “3DHeals”.

Lee Dockstader

Lee Dockstader is engaging with companies to grow additive manufacturing across medical and dental verticals with an emphasis on orthopedic and prosthetic production applications for HP’s Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing technology. Before HP, Lee held several positions during his 18-year career at 3D Systems including VP of Business Development, VP and General Manager of the Stereolithography Products Business Unit and VP and GM of the Asia Pacific region. Before 3D Systems, Lee worked for three years at 3D/EYE Inc, a leading-edge 3D software company as sales and distribution manager. For 11 years he held a variety of sales and marketing positions at Hewlett-Packard. During this period, Lee spent three years as program manager for HP’s Asia mechanical engineering CAD business, based in Hong Kong. Lee attended the West Point Military Academy and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from UCLA.

Sérgio Luis Rodrigues Gianvechio

Dentist at CROIB ODONTOLOGIA

Graduação em Odontologia Universidade de Uberaba/MG (1998). Especialização em Endodontia pela APCD Araraquara/SP (1999). Especialização em Ortodontia IPESP (2008). Invisalgn Doctor – 2009. Desenvolvedor de fluxos digitais em softwares livres para Ortodontia. Ministrador de cursos de Odontologia Digital no Brasil e Exterior (College of Dentistry – University of Florida). CEO da clínica CROIB Odontologia

Best Practices in Central Europe: 3D Printed Maxillofacial Implants

April 11, 2021

We are hosting our first central Europe 3DHEALS event online. Breaking geographic boundaries, these experts in the maxillofacial implants will share their experiences, tips with an international audience.

Speakers:

Dr. Sándor BOGDÁN MD, DMD, PhD, FEBOMS

Associate Professor Department of Oro- Maxillofacial Surgery and Stomatology at Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Sándor Bogdán is an associate professor at the Department of Oro- Maxillofacial Surgery and Stomatology at the Semmelweis University and is the co-owner of the Dr.Bogdán and Dr.Gyenes Oral Surgery and Dentistry Clinic in Budapest, Hungary.

His specializations includes completion of bone defects, implantology, correction of developmental disorders of the jawbones, traumatology of the maxilla, treatment of patients with oral cancer, dental surgery. He took part int he fellowship program of the European Board of Oro- Maxillofacial Surgery.

Dr. Bogdán has almost 20 years of experience in facial, jaw and oral surgery in the reconstruction of large-scale jaw defects, bone replacements prior to implantation, and care for patients with oral cancer.

He is member of the Hungarian Society of Facial, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Member of the Board Hungarian Society of Dentists Implantology, Secretary General European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery (EACMFS), Member of the Board (Representative of Hungary)

Zoltán FÁBIÁN MD, DMD, ENG

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Department of Head and Neck Surgery at Fogolyán Kristóf Emergency Hospital, Sfantu Gheorghe, Romania

Zoltán Fábián graduated in general medicine, dentistry and engineering in Targu Mures and Cluj Napoca, Romania. Obtained his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery specialist degree in a residency program. He has participated in fellowship programs across Europe. During this period a prolific relationship has been formed with the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgical Department of Semmelweis University, Budapest. Together with his collegues he developed an innovative approach for in-house design of customized craniofacial implants. A significant number of trauma, orthognathic and oncological cases treated using these implants made this team one of the most experienced in the region. He is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at Fogolyán Kristóf Emergency Hospital, Sfantu Gheorghe, Romania.

Dr. Marek Schnitzer, DI, PhD.

Vice Head, Dep. Biomedical Engineering and Measurement, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Slovakia

Marek Schnitzer graduated and got his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at the Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia. At present, he is a Vice Head at the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Measurement, at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the university, and is the Managing Director of the Slovakian company Biomedical Engineering. The company was one of the very firsts to introduce the usage of 3D printing for medical implantation purposes, achieving an unprecedented level of implant design customization. The company is specialized in the production of medical devices by additive manufacturing. Today the company’s team boasts eight biomedical engineers and designers, all working together to expand the company’s offerings and reach to medical hospitals around the world.

His area of activity includes biomechanical and material innovation of osteosynthetic devices, Development of a new type of external fixator for tibial fractures, topological optimization and development of personalized implants, as well as development of composite and biodegradable materials using intelligent additives technologies.

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Daniel Bomze

Head of Business Unit Medical Lithoz GmbH, Austria

Dr. Daniel Bomze is a polymer chemist by training and received his Ph.D. from TU Wien. In his Ph.D. thesis, which was conducted at the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Dr. Bomze developed alternative irradiation-based curing methods for epoxy resins. He started his professional career as a freelance web application engineer as well as a project assistant at the TU Wien. Dr. Bomze acquired broad experience in materials research in different areas and is the author of numerous publications and patents. Starting from November 2016 he was in employed as a business developer medical at Lithoz. Since 2019, he is head of the business unit medical, which also includes dental applications.

Lithoz is specialized in development and production of materials and additive manufacturing systems (3D printers) for production of highly complex parts of high performance and bioresorbable ceramics.

Bálint HEGEDŰS

Technical Director, PREMET Ltd., Hungary

Bálint HEGEDŰS is the leader of the technical department and manufacturing of PREMET. PREMET is an innovative Hungarian Med Tech company specialized in additive manufacturing. Its primary activity is the production of medical devices and equipment, with a special focus on dentures, and dental and medical implants. The company puts a high emphasis on R&D and is involved in several projects. Bálint specializes in additive manufacturing technologies especially the manufacturing of metal parts.

His relevant professional activity includes the development of a process for the manufacturing of human bone allografts, as well as the the combination of the advantages of allografts and 3D printed metal parts in the field of dental and maxollifacial supplements. He deals with designing and manufacturing metal and hybrid versions of maxillofacial implants in cooperation with several Hungarian maxillofacial surgeons. He is a guest speaker at a Hungarian University at a course on the application of AM in the Health Sector.

Organizers:

Jenny Chen, M.D.

3DHEALS Founder/CEO

Jenny Chen, MD, is currently the Founder and CEO of 3DHEALS, a company focusing on education and industrial research in the space of bioprinting, regenerative medicine, healthcare applications using 3D printing. With a focus on emerging healthcare technology, Jenny invests in and mentors relevant startups, especially companies pitching through Pitch3D. She believes a more decentralized and personalized healthcare delivery system will better our future.

Zsolt Pásztor

Managing Director

Zsolt Pásztor is very engaged in the application of 3D printing in the healthcare sector. He is the Managing Director of Premet (www.premet.hu), a company focusing on the production of 3D printed products, including those made of CoCr, titanium and PEEK, for the dental and medical sectors. He is the leader of a3D Printing Training Centre that delivers training on digital dentistry. Zsolt is the founder and Vice-President of the Hungarian Additive Technology Association.

He is the lead expert of a project aiming at facilitating transnational cooperation of Hungarian entities on the application of 3D printing in the health sector. He is very much interested in importing best practices to Hungary and in a broader sense to the Central and Eastern European region and export them from the Region. Zsolt is also the current 3DHEALS Budapest community manager. Dr. Pásztorwill be speaking at 3DHEALS2020 CMF panel as well as updating the Hungarian 3D printing ecosystem.

3DHEALS2018 Summit Recordings

January 18, 2021

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The 3DHEALS2018 conference has gathered 45 cross-disciplinary influencers from all over the world to speak on the current and future trends of this burgeoning field, which aims to transform trillion-dollar industries including the manufacturing, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries. The group shares the belief that these technologies will be able to solve many healthcare challenges that existing technologies cannot, including; lowering care costs, increase access to care, and improving care outcomes.
This two-day activity-filled event includes a Day 1 hands-on workshop to continue the company’s efforts in building and expanding end-user base among medical and dental healthcare providers, but also provide organizations with how-tos to become early adopter and users of 3D printing and bioprinting technologies. Notably, workshops include:

Valerie Cooper, also known as the “Denture Queen”, will lead a 1.5 hours hands-on session to teach attendees on how to create dentures with a new digital workflow that can potentially solve the current crisis where there is a lack of affordable denture providers and care.
Mayasari Lim from SE3D will also provide a hands-on workshop to teach attendees the basics of bioprinting, a technology that has the potential to solve current organ transplant shortage crisis.
Hannah Riedle from FAU Erlange-Nuremberg (Munich, Germany) will provide a 1.5 hour long hands-on workshop to share her digital workflow of generating 3D printed medical anatomical models using open source software.
Erik Birkenederfrom Nixon Peabody LLP will provide an overview on how to protect intellectual properties for the entrepreneurs in this new space.

The attendees are invited to the night reception immediately following the workshops to raise money for two non-profit organizations, Limbforge and the Victoria Hand Project. The special press release for the fundraising event is here.
Day 2 is the main conference day where 40+ industry leaders and innovators will speak. The event’s keynote speaker Mr. Jeffrey Sorenson from Terarecon will start the day with his insights on how an integrated digital system composed of 3D visualization, 3D printing, and artificial intelligence will impact the future of healthcare. Two parallel tracks of expert panel presentations and QA sessions will then ensue.
Among the many topics that will be explored in-depth during the conference, notable ones include:

3D printing in healthcare organizations– Include presentations from multiple institutions with variable resources, including Stanford Healthcare, Children’s Hospital of Phoenix, and Children’s Hospital Boston.
Legal and regulatory updates– FDA and CE updates on 3D printed medical devices, IP and liability concerns in healthcare 3D printing and bio-printing innovations. Presenting companies include UL, JNJ, ReedSmith, Nixon Peabody, and Squire Patton Boggs.
Digital dentistry– Include current and future trends of implementing 3D printing in dentistry and becoming part of a growing dental in-office digital manufacturing ecosystem.
Advanced materials updates– Include current and future material selection of biocompatible polymers and metals for 3D printed medical devices. This powerful panel includes Nag Patibandla from Applied Materials, Rik Jacobs from NextDent (now 3D Systems), Karsten Schlichter from Elkem Silicones, and Ankit Saharan from EOS.
Bioprinting panel– includes perspectives of how, and how soon bioprinting will impact the future of organ transplant and pharmaceutical research form a panel of bioprinting startups including Aspect Biosystems, Prellis Biologics, and pharmaceutical startup Viscient Biosciences (partner with Organovo), as well as Medtronics.
Orthotics and Prosthetics panel– includes updates from founders of Standard Cyborg, WiDE, the Victoria Hand Project.
Orthopedics panel– Includes presentations by UCSF orthopedics and AnatomicsRx, a company that successfully created the first customized sternum implant in the United States.
International panel – Includes individual to organizational insights on healthcare 3D printing and bioprinting innovations all over the world.

During lunchtime, the annual global pitch competition will invite 10 startups from healthcare 3D printing, bioprinting, and related 3D visualization technologies such as VR/AR to pitch in front a group of investors including GE Ventures, Asimov Ventures, Digital Industrialist, and other Silicon Valley investors.
The event will conclude with a fireside chat between Dr. Paul D’Urso, CEO of AnatomicsRx, a company that successfully created the first customized sternum implant in the United States, and Penelope Heller, the patient who successfully received the treatment. The presentation aims to provide the audience a real-life example of not only how 3D printing innovation in health care improves patient care, but also the many challenges faced by both the patients and companies to access and implement these innovations.

Media Coverage:

3DHeals 2018 to foster collaboration in medical 3D printing

Nia’s CEO Interviewed For 3DHEALS 2018 Conference

3DHEALS 2017 Summit Recordings

January 18, 2021

3DHEALS2017 Agenda Download 3DHEALS2017 Agenda

The 2017 edition of 3DHEALS Global Summit was a huge success. With a co-host like UCSF, the event gathered 300+ international attendees, 45 speakers, 7 startups for the pitch competition. It also concluded with a successful fundraising event for Voices of Africa at the beautiful Autodesk gallery. The community has shown significant solidarity in collaborative work and commitment to education. Read various media write-ups about the event in the links below

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Media Coverage on 3DHEALS2017

Medtech 3D printing: From a San Francisco happening to a legal limbo

3D Printing’s Legal Landscape Remains Wild, Untamed

3DHeals conference explores 3D printing and more

3DHeals: 3D printing start-ups demand skill, persistence

3DHEALS2020 Summit Recordings

January 12, 2021

3DHEALS2020 (June 5th-6th, 2020 )was the largest virtual summit this year, in the space of healthcare 3D printing/bioprinting, or elsewhere. This incredible virtual two-day summit gathered more than 70 world experts, 22 sessions. It is one of the most well-curated events that engage the audience to learn, think, and re-invent future healthcare.

We believe the recordings of this summit not long serve as a record of technological advanced in time and space, but also a good starting point for anyone who is interested in working and investing in this unique space.