Surgeons would remove the tumor, scan the bone, and create a 3D print of the needed implant. It would then be placed in the patient. Here’s how it would work. More from Tech This bone cancer ...

On December 22nd of 2023, a Vietnamese patient underwent hours-long surgery in order to remove part of his pelvis and femur, as per the usual treatment for bone cancer. What was special here was ...

Until now this surgery has required a hand-made concrete-like implant to replace the removed bone. As you can imagine, it’s hardly an ideal solution. Thanks to continually advancing 3D printing ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A man who suffered from a chest wall sarcoma has just become the first patient ever implanted with a 3D printed sternum. The artificial ribcage is 100% titanium and ...

Customized 3D-printed medical implants are becoming more common, and a new study has taken this technology to the next level.

Professor Hala Zreiqat is printing bone substitutes at the University of Sydney’s Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research Unit. She has developed a technique for 3D printing ceramic so it ...

Clinicians have successfully used custom-made 3D printed bone scaffolds, printed on-site at The University of Queensland, to rebuild part of a man's jawbone. Professor Saso Ivanovski from UQ's ...

Surgeon Gabriel Weston witnessed a remarkable UK first – an operation to implant a custom built 3D printed titanium sternum ... away at his sternum – the bone at the centre of the ribcage ...

which includes 3D-printed spine interbody fusion implants, carbon fibre-reinforced PEEK for plating applications in trauma and fixation, and bioresorbable polymers for large bone and craniomaxillo ...

Explore how Croom Medical and GAM are revolutionizing 3D printed tantalum implants with advanced supply chain solutions and ...