The shortlist for the TCT Healthcare Application Award has today been announced.
Following the announcements for the Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Product and Creative Application Awards, this shortlist marks the mid-way point in TCT Awards' series of shortlist revelations. Information on the remaining five categories (Industrial; Innovation Hardware; Innovation Software; Innovation Materials; and Rising Star) will follow next week, between Monday 7th August and Friday 11th August.
The TCT Healthcare Application Award features six nominees, users of 3D technology taking advantage of its capabilities to advance the production of prosthetics, surgical preparations, and even help to separate conjoined twins.
The inaugural TCT Awards will take place on the second night of the annual TCT Show next month. It will recognise and celebrate the most original, creative and impactful applications of 3D technologies in a variety of vertical markets.
Below is the shortlist for the TCT Healthcare Product Application Award 2017. Each of these submissions will be sent in full to a selection of the TCT Expert Advisory Board. The board comprises many disciplines, and we will be splitting the categories between those who are best placed to judge particular categories.
The winners will be announced on the evening of the awards, taking place on 27thSeptember at the Birmingham Town Hall. British television actor and presenter, Robert Llewellyn, best known for his role as Kryten in cult sci-fi sitcom, Red Dwarf will host the inaugural TCT Awards.
TCT Healthcare Application Award 2017 – Shortlist
3D Systems - McDonald Twin Separation
By processing the McDonald conjoined twins' medical imaging data into patient-specific 3D anatomical models, 3D Systems helped the surgeons better understand what they could expect during one of the most complex successful surgeries of all time.
Essentium Materials - TriFusion Devices
Essentium Materials has leveraged its proprietary 3D printing technology to reduce costs and speed up delivery time of load bearing lower-limb prosthetics.
Medisieve - Magnetic Blood Filtration
A RepRap machine at the University College London is where it all began for a potentially groundbreaking device in the treatment of malaria. Dr George Frodsham says that without 3D printing his design for drug-free malaria treatment would have proved cost-prohibitive.
ProsFit - 3D Printed Prosthetics
ProsFit's proprietary PandoFit software (coupled with a 3D scanner) can provide a user with a comfortable definitive socket for a lower-limb prosthetic in 2-3 days.
Stratasys - Maxillofacial Surgeries at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
The use of an in-house PolyJet 3D printer produces customised models for pre-surgical preparations and has reduced surgical planning time by up to 93%.
Sutrue - Robotic Suturing
With some exceptional design, Sutrue was able to print metal gears using Concept Laser technology small enough for a robotic suturing device to be used during endoscopic heart surgery.
Join us on the night to find out who will be taking home the first TCT Healthcare Application award by booking your tickets here.
