Dutch Company Develops 3-D Printed Bone Implants

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Dutch Company Develops 3-D Printed Bone Implants (ODT Mag)
In the rapidly transforming world of medical technology, the best material available until now for 3-D-printed bone implants was titanium, or in certain cases polyetheretherketone or polyetherketoneketone. Other solutions have involved cutting bone from the patient and repositioning it where required. But for external implants, only alloplastic or non-biological materials –- metal, ceramics or plastics –- have been successfully tried and tested.
These materials when implanted have met with varying degrees of success. One particular sur...

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