Medical is one of the fastest growing application areas of additive manufacturing. Whether as a better way to manufacture or enabling patient-specific devices, additive manufacturing has distinct advantages for medicine. This page brings together resources to help you understand and optimize your application of stage of the 3D process. General Additive Manufacturing Resources Additive Manufacturing Glossary of Terms SME's Additive Manufacturing Standards Database Technical Resource Database Medical Additive Manufacturing Resources 2024 Additive Manufacturing Industry Report (Medical - pg. 28 & 30) Medical Applications of 3D Printing (PDF) Quick Guide to Additive Manufacturing Processes (PDF) Rise of Point-of-Care Manufacturing SME Medical Additive Manufacturing YouTube Playlist Healthcare Additive Manufacturing Workforce Development External Resources FDA: 3D Printing Medical Devices at the Point of Care: Discussion Paper FDA: Technical Considerations for Additive Manufactured Medical Devices JOURNAL: 3D Printing in Medicine America Makes: Gaps Progress Report: America Makes and ANSI Publish Standardization Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing DICOM Standard NSF (National Science Foundation) Additive Manufacturing Workshop Report (PDF) ACR: 3D Printing Registry NIST: Measurement Science Roadmap for Polymer-Based Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) RSNA 3D Printing Special Interest Group
