Category: 3D Printing – Health

Category: 3D Printing – Health
How Eco-friendly is 3D printing?
How Eco-friendly is 3D printing?

Although 3D printing is still in its infantry, it manages to raise a lot of discussions. Recently 3D printing technology has grabbed the attention of environmentalists, pondering on the effect it has on our surroundings. Of course, 3D printing seems to solve a lot of problems with material use and waste production thanks to the Read more

The Application of Bioprinting to Dental Industry
The Application of Bioprinting to Dental Industry

When talking about the changes taking place in the dental industry, people just normally wince yet are interested to know what’s new not only with the procedures being done but also with the shocking bills that they have to pay. There are many things that people should know about the dental industry that is somewhat Read more

The Use of 3D Printing in Creating Prosthetic Hands
The Use of 3D Printing in Creating Prosthetic Hands

One amazing organization that has successfully gathered lots of volunteers is e-NABLE. The organization aims at designing and creating prosthetic hands for those people who are in need of an artificial hand. Being aware of the network that the organization has created is already a great feature that you should admire. The organization started to Read more

3D Printing Community Gives Back
3D Printing Community Gives Back

Intel and 3D Systems managed to print a prosthetic hand for an 11- year old boy, Daniel Hobbs. Daniel is just any normal 11-year-old who lives and  go to school in a different country and together with her older sister, Bethany, the kids moved to Spain to join their parents who work as teachers in Read more

3D Bioprinting: An Effective Way of Replacing Damaged Cartilage
3D Bioprinting: An Effective Way of Replacing Damaged Cartilage

A group of Swedish researchers made it possible to come up with a 3D bioprinted cartilage which is derived from human cells. The printed cartilage successfully maintains its shape and was tested in mice. As a result, the team is now looking forward of using 3D bioprinting in creating implants that will replace damaged cartilage Read more

The Hope that 3D Printing Gives to Injured Storks
The Hope that 3D Printing Gives to Injured Storks

The first thing that will come to your mind when imagining a stork, is its legs.  They are known to be slender, long, and delicate which they use for hunting their foods in swamps, like insects, fish, and frogs. In the case of a stork with an injured leg, it is expected that it will Read more

3D Printed Prosthetics for the Amputees
3D Printed Prosthetics for the Amputees

The use of socket-type prostheses is common to people who have no arm or leg. With two million individuals in the United States who are in suffering in this condition, the development of prosthetic technology had only changed a little. Though socket prosthetic is a common device that people make use of, it doesn’t mean Read more

3D Printed Prosthetic Hand by e-NABLE to Help Mothers Care for Their Child
3D Printed Prosthetic Hand by e-NABLE to Help Mothers Care for Their Child

Every mother treasures the time when she first held her baby on her arms. After months of pregnancy, finally holding the little one in her arms is the most wonderful feeling in the world that can erase all the labor pains she felt. But for a woman in Indonesia, this exciting feeling seemed more difficult Read more

3D Printed Surgical Instruments Designed Using Origami
3D Printed Surgical Instruments Designed Using Origami

Origami is a popular Japanese paper artwork that is common to the elementary pupils. This paper-folding art is practiced and performed by the Japanese ever since the old times. In fact, the book entitled Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is a true-to-life story, telling about a your girl in Japan who acquired leukemia as Read more

Conjoined Twins Successfully Separated in China Using 3D Printing
Conjoined Twins Successfully Separated in China Using 3D Printing

The medical industry optimized the use of the 3D printing in many surgical preplanning and procedures. One of those is in the surgical procedures done to separate a conjoined twin in China. The use of the 3D software has been widely used now not only in the printing needs, but also in the production of Read more