3D Printer material types
3D-printed neighborhood
According to Brett Hagler, CEO, and co-founder of New Story, “We feel like we’ve proved what’s possible by bringing this machine down to a rural area in Mexico, in a seismic zone, and successfully printing these first few houses.”
The world’s first 3D-printed neighborhood now has its first houses
3D Printed Cirque du Soleil
According to Cirque du Soleil, Mr. Marshall, the director of the Cirque du Soleil set design team, “personally toured the factory of Guangzhou Deed 3D for project supervision. The engineering team analyzed the design samples and decided to use Nylon, PC-ABS, ABS, and other materials for production.”
3D Printing For Cardiology
According to Dee Dee Wang, M.D., director, structural heart imaging at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit,” explains how her center uses 3-D printing and computer-aided design (CAD) software to improve patient outcomes. She spoke to DAIC at the 2017 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) annual meeting. ‘The Use of 3-D Printing in Cardiology’ and “Henry Ford Hospital Study Shows 3-D Imaging Improves Fixing Broken Hearts.”
According to Rob Beanlands, M.D., FASNC, 2019 American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) president, shares a couple of trends he sees in cardiac nuclear imaging. He is the Vered Chair and division head of cardiology and director of the National Cardiac PET Centre at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Canada. He said,” overall trends he sees in nuclear cardiology include the use of better myocardial reserve quantification so it is clear whether revascularization would help patients. Beanlands also said there is increasing interest in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging because of its superior image quality and increasing access to PET radiotracers. New tracers on the horizon will also increase the image quality and flexibility of PET to accommodate exercise stress.”
The Future of 3-D Printing in Medicine
VIDEO: Applications in Cardiology for 3-D Printing and Computer-Aided Design
VIDEO: Better Flow Quantification and Rise of PET Among Trends in Cardiac Nuclear Imaging
NC STATE STUDENTS LAUNCH 3D PRINTING OF PROSTHETIC DEVICES
NC State students launch 3D printing of prosthetic devices.
According to Helping Hand Project President Griffin Drye said, “A general prosthetic might cost between $10,000-20,000, and a kid grows out of that in six months. Each device we print costs between $50-100 to actually produce.”