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Industry Reports
Additive Manufacturing Industry Report
2020 Medical Additive Manufacturing Yearbook
2020 Medical Additive Manufacturing Yearbook
The inaugural issue of SME’s Medical Additive Manufacturing Yearbook is a comprehensive look at how the emerging technology of additive manufacturing is contributing to better health care today and how it might grow in the future. It includes 26 articles that touches on subjects such as the overall health and growth of the industry to how individuals have been helped with specific technology.
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Emerging Trends In Additive Manufacturing for Health Care
May 14, 2020
Using 3D printing, or additive manufacturing (AM), in health care is on the rise, with the market expected to be worth nearly $26 billion by 2022. This growth goes well beyond just prototyping, as AM is already used throughout the industry to solve problems and improve care.
By
Laura Gilmour
Global Medical Business Development Manager ,
EOS
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Expert Opinion
Medical
State of 3D Printing in Healthcare
May 21, 2020
Formlabs was founded by MIT researchers in 2011, when high-quality 3D printing was inaccessible for most. We’ve now shipped over 50,000 machines while cementing our mission to “expand access to digital fabrication, so anyone can make anything.”
By
Gaurav Manchanda
Director,
Formlabs Healthcare
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Expert Opinion
Medical
Outlooks
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
AM in the Medical Field
May 20, 2020
Additive manufacturing (AM) in medicine continues to grow each year. It is a remarkable enabler, but the industry is fraught with barriers to adoption, slow for the sake of patient safety.
By
Ray Huff
- Associate Engineer,
Wohlers Associates, Inc.
,
Terry Wohlers
- Head of Advisory Services and Market Intelligence,
Wohlers Associates
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Expert Opinion
Medical
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Promise and Challenges of 3D Printing for Anatomy Studies
May 18, 2020
Mayo Clinic’s 3D Anatomic Modeling Laboratory is inventing how to use 3D printing for surgical planning and instruction. People undergoing new, uncommon or complex surgeries at Mayo Clinic may benefit from access to the clinic’s expertise in 3D anatomic models. The models the lab builds also helps with patient and medical education.
By
Dr. Jonathan Morris
- MD Radiologist
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Expert Opinion
Medical
Technology
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical Additive: Out of R&D and In Production
May 14, 2020
When the press reports on additive manufacturing, the line between what’s possible now and what may be coming in the future is sometimes blurry. People love to read about breakthroughs taking place in university labs and company R&D centers—the reports of which always include Star Trek-like possibilities of what those breakthroughs may portend.
By
Michael C. Anderson
- Contributing Lead Editor
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
The Palette of Materials Expands for Medical 3D Printing
May 15, 2020
Materials engineered for use with specific printers and qualified for verifiable repeatability and accuracy help ensure long-term mechanical properties ranging from heat resistance to biocompatibility.
By
Geoff Giordano
- Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
3D Printing Comes to Biology
May 15, 2020
If everyone were to stand in a single-file line, patients on the U.S. organ transplant waiting list would form a line over 70 miles long.
By
Erik Gatenholm
- Co-founder and CEO,
Cellink
,
Anne Sexton
- Editor and Writer,
Cellink
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Revolutionizing Breast Cancer Prevention With 3D Printing
May 18, 2020
The North American medical startup Marvel Medtech purchased an XJet Carmel 1400C 3D printer in the summer of 2019 to build key components in tools for fighting breast cancer.
By
Avi Cohen
- EVP Global Sales,
Nanofabrica
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Streamlining Additive Manufacturing For Spinal Implants
May 19, 2020
Global engineering company Renishaw teamed up with two inventive technology concerns to show how metal additive manufacturing (AM) can make lightweight spinal implants that mimic the mechanical properties of bone.
By
Stephen Anderson
- AM Business Manager ,
Renishaw USA
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Digital Manufacturing Accelerates Medical Device Innovation
May 19, 2020
The field of health care is often considered to be one of the most dynamic. The speed at which innovation is occurring—from the way surgeries are performed, to the development of new therapies—is moving evermore rapidly.
By
Gautam Gupta
- Vice President Business Development, Healthcare ,
3D Systems
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Metal 3D Printing Comes to Mayo’s Engineering Division
May 20, 2020
Patient care is sometimes just as much about engineered devices or implants as it is about specialized surgical care or drug therapy. The Mayo Clinic, the world-renowned specialty care facility, not only has doctors, nurses, and clinicians with the skills and willingness to handle tough cases.
By
Bruce Morey
- Senior Technical Editor,
SME Media
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Ku Leuven Installs Xjet Carmel To Explore Medical 3D Printing
May 21, 2020
As one of the oldest and most prestigious research-lead universities in Europe, KU Leuven is an institution that is always seeking to innovate and stay on top of the latest trends and technologies.
By
Avi Cohen
- EVP Global Sales,
Nanofabrica
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Using Cast Urethanes and 3D printing for Advanced Medical Manufacturing
June 3, 2020
When injection molding is cost-prohibitive, medical equipment manufacturers are turning to a marriage of two advanced methods—urethane casting and 3D printing.
By
Emran Mursalin
,
Stratasys Direct Manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Post Processing
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Workholding for High Accuracy Medical Device Machining
June 4, 2020
Metal 3D printing can enable rapid, low cost iterations of new medical devices, since no tooling costs are involved.
By
Mark Kirby
- AM Business Manager,
Renishaw Canada
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Planning the Process for Additive Manufacturing
June 4, 2020
The medical industry is booming. Aging populations, rising rates of health care utilization and advancements in manufacturing technology are driving the industry forward—and toward a future that includes additive manufacturing (AM) as a major part of the part-production environment.
By
Jon Carlson
,
GF Machining Solutions
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Surgery and Orthopedics
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Metal 3D Printing Comes to Mayo’s Engineering Division
May 20, 2020
Patient care is sometimes just as much about engineered devices or implants as it is about specialized surgical care or drug therapy. The Mayo Clinic, the world-renowned specialty care facility, not only has doctors, nurses, and clinicians with the skills and willingness to handle tough cases.
By
Bruce Morey
- Senior Technical Editor,
SME Media
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Additive Manufacturing in Orthopedics
May 26, 2020
Within the healthcare and medical sector, it is the orthopedic sector that continues to adopt additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, at an astonishing rate.
By
Stephen Zeidler
,
GE Additive
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Additive Manufacturing Aids Surgery at Mayo Clinic
May 27, 2020
Lungs, hearts, tumor-filled skulls, brains, livers, kidneys, and rib cages, are packed into shelves at the 3D Anatomic Modeling Laboratory at Mayo Clinic.
By
Bruce Morey
- Senior Technical Editor,
SME Media
,
Larry Adams
- Contributing Writer,
SME Media
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Dental
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Digital Becomes Mainstream in Dentistry
May 27, 2020
The 18-year-old girl came to our clinical practice with a severe challenge: a deformed maxilla, the upper jawbone that also forms part of the nose and eye socket.
By
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Partnerships Foster Materials for Dental Applications
May 28, 2020
While 3D printing for dental applications is generally recognized as a mature technology, material innovation continues apace. An emerging trend has been for machine and material suppliers to augment their portfolios by working with or acquiring outside partners.
By
Geoff Giordano
- Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Tech Helping People
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
3D Scanning + 3D Printing
May 28, 2020
The medical industry is constantly seeking out new, cutting-edge technologies to disrupt standard practices for the better.
By
Andrei Vakulenko
,
Artec 3D
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
A Shoe for Imre
May 29, 2020
Imre Patterson has a smile that lights up any room he walks into. Imre was born with a femoral discrepancy, causing one leg to be shorter than the other.
By
Jay Dinsmore
- Founder and CEO,
Dinsmore Inc.
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Additive Manufacturing Reshapes Patient’s Face
May 29, 2020
Additive manufacturing (3D printing) is changing and improving many traditional industries and processes.
By
Stephen Anderson
- AM Business Manager ,
Renishaw USA
Digital Technologies
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Designing 3D-Printed Ortho Implants with Architected Materials
June 1, 2020
Additive manufacturing has become increasingly sophisticated in recent years, capable of producing orthopedic implants with complex lattice structures that further enables osseointegration.
By
Christopher Cho
- nTopology
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Resolution Medical Ensures its AM Parts with Zeiss O-INSPECT
May 28, 2020
Resolution Medical, headquartered in Minneapolis, manufactures parts on contract for medical device OEMs.
By
Dr. Pradeep Bhattad
- Business Development Manager,
ZEISS Additive Manufacturing Process and Control
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Improving Patient Outcomes With Additive Manufacturing
June 2, 2020
Surgical outcomes are increasingly being scrutinized by groups like the National Health Service (NHS) and World Health Organization (WHO), who audit outcomes and publish their findings.
By
Jim Thompson
,
Siemens Digital Industries Software
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical