Discover how a hospital in Delhi, India, has taken its first steps towards advancing personalized patient care by implementing a Point-of-Care 3D Printing center and the immediate benefits from improved patient care and time saved in the OR.
As a company that invests heavily in innovation, our aim is to make sure that we create technology to enable dreams to come true. Case and point: 13-year-old Natalie who has been able to get back to ballet after a traumatic elbow injury, which angled her forearm away from her body.
Materialise is thrilled to announce a collaboration with Clarkson College in Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States, to offer the world’s first Medical 3D Printing Specialist Certificate and train the next generation of hospital 3D printing specialists.
When it comes to TMVR procedures, the wrong size implant can lead to severe complications or even prove fatal for the patient. 3D planning helps mitigate the risk by providing clarity and accurate measurements, which allows clinicians to perform confidently.
Point-of-Care 3D Printing has many benefits, from quick turnaround time during pandemics to clinical quality to research and innovation. Discover what experts who have set up these in-house medical services have to say on how to start or scale up 3D planning and printing in hospitals.
Hospital de Sabadell in Spain initially brought in Point-of-Care 3D Printing to focus on harnessing the benefits of 3D planning and printing for orthopaedics. However, soon they expanded to span almost all departments – already generating clear benefits in terms of surgical and operational efficiency.
In Singapore, 3D printing has proven to be useful during the COVID-19 pandemic, with its ability to move directly from design to on-demand production for essential medical supplies like ventilators, face shield frames, and other medical devices. One of the perfect examples is the case of 3D- printed medical manikins developed by Creatz3D & AuMed, which has become effective training aids for respiratory swab collection during the COVID-19 pandemic.