Doctors Implant 3D Printed Cranial Device Made with 3D Systems’ Material Extrusion

3DPrint.com October 19, 2023
Joris Peels

Doctors at the University Hospital Basel have utilized 3D Systems‘ material extrusion 3D printing technology to create a patient-specific cranial implant. Traditionally, powder bed fusion and vat polymerization have been the go-to methods for crafting such implants, but material extrusion opens a new doorway, making 3D printing implants more accessible and user-friendly for hospital settings. This could potentially enable hospitals to 3D print medical devices on-site. Although it’s yet to be ascertained whether this practice will be reserved for urgent scenarios, novel medical devices, or unique surgical solutions, there’s a potential for it to become a more commonplace procedure.

Professor Florian Thieringer, head of the Medical Additive Manufacturing Research Group at the University Hospital Basel’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, collaborated...

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