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.

Resources

• NEW! 2018 Medical AM3DP Report
• SME Medical AM/3D Printing Workgroup
• Medical Applications of Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing (PDF)
• Glossary of Terms
• Medical Additive Manufacturing Source (suppliers) Guide
• SME's Additive Manufacturing Standards database
• Quick guide to additive manufacturing processes (PDF)
• Bioprinters (PDF)
• SME & Additive Manufacturing (PDF)
• NEW! Rise of Point-of-care Manufacturing
• Technical papers
• Technical Resource Database—Additional technical papers, articles, and more
• YouTube Playlist

Events & Webinars

• RAPID + TCT Conference
• Medical Additive Manufacturing Series
• Smart Manufacturing Series
• Webinars on Demand
• FDA's Draft Technical Guidance on AM for Medical Device
• Additive Manufacturing in Medicine: Applying Standards to Increase Quality and Advancement
• Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing of Metal Microstructures with the FluidFM
• Additional webinars

Workforce Development, Education & Training

• Medical AM/3DP Job Competency Models and paper
• Additive Manufacturing Training Courses
• Additive Manufacturing Certification Program
• Additive Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship Program

External Resources

• JOURNAL: 3D Printing in Medicine
• International Journal of Bioprinting
• NIH (National Institute of Health) 3D Print Exchange
• FDA Technical Guidance (PDF)
• DICOM Standard (medical imaging files)
• NSF (National Science Foundation) Additive Manufacturing Workshop Report (PDF)
• NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Workshop
• RSNA 3D Printing Special Interest Group
• AMSC-Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative
• Standardization Roadmap

News

• SME Media’s Medical Channel
• SME Media’s Additive Manufacturing Channel