Luxexcel, a fast-growing optics company, has announced its unique technology to 3D print ophthalmic lenses are compliant with ISO 8980-1:2004 Focal Power. The company’s lenses are printed with a dedicated 3D printer in an ophthalmic processing lab.
Roland DG has today released the first products under the company’s new DGSHAPE 3D technology-focused subsidiary. A leading prvider of dental milling service, DGSHAPE brings the DWP-80S dental 3D printer and the DWX-52DC dental mill.
Doctors in Toulouse have for the first time successfully developed and implanted customised airway stents made with 3D technology. This latest development offers hope to patients who suffer with Tracheobronchitis and other throat-related infections.
Following the success of the Structo OrthoForm printer, which was launched last year and now operating in four different continents, the company has expanded its range of application-specific 3D printers, with the DentaForm.
Surgeons at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota have performed a complete facial reconstruction of a 32-year-old male, thanks in part to 3D printing. Andy Sandness lived with severe facial injuries for ten years after an unsuccessful suicide attempt.
EchoPixel, a leading developer of 3D medical visualisation software, has launched a new set of software tools designed to assist physicians using 3D-printed models. The new Print Support feature ensures more accurate 3D models.
A small technology and innovation company is working to create a healthier environment and produce more medical tools with re-used plastic waste as 3D printer filament. The project is called ReFabDar and focuses on the city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Roland DG, a leading manufacturer of inkjet printers and 3D fabrication devices, is to transfer its 3D technology operations to a newly-established wholly-owned subsidiary, DGSHAPE Corporation.
An Italian research university has adopted Stratasys’ 3D printing technology to enhance its teaching and planning of surgical practices. Previously reliant on the skill and judgement of surgeons the University of Pavia has now embraced 3D technology.
Nate Yamane was born in June 2015 with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with pulmonary atresia, causing him to have trouble breathing straight from birth. Last month a cardiologist in Los Angeles used 3D technology to repair his right pulmonary artery.
