The Orthopedics Industry New trend? Powerhouse hospitals partnering with industry to make implants onsite.
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Interesting 3D printing solution for grafting a long bone segmental defect
Break a Bone Badly? You Could Be a Candidate for This Innovative 3-D Printed Medical Device (J&J DePuy – Scott
Lima moves forward with personalized shoulder arthroplasty
US website – https://limacorporate.com/world-wide/28/usa.html NEW DIGITAL PLATFORM PERSONALIZES SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY (Orthopedics This Week) LimaCorporate announced this week that their new
Amplifying the Value of 3D Printed Medical Devices
Amplifying the Value of 3D Printed Medical Devices (by Peter Basiliere @ Monadnock Insights blog) Implants and prostheses are the
This image will look SILLY in 10 years. Prep for a typical total joint case.
200+ implant choices will be replaced by a few 3D printed implants that actually fit the patient… and the rep
Orthopedics is going bespoke.
Bespoke is a funny word that originated centuries ago to describe tailored clothing. Today bespoke means custom-made for a one customer. Orthopedics is
Implant sizes will become obsolete in the next decade.
Clothing sizes are a harbinger of implant sizes in orthopedics. Peter Diamandis wrote this review of the revolution in clothing.
Meet the future winners in Orthopedic 3D printing.
“The winners in additive design & manufacturing will NOT be the companies with the best technology.” Today there are a few additive
A glimpse into the future of Orthopedics… Clinical Trial starts with 3D printed materials that turn into bone.
ADAM website http://adamproject.org/ Graftless Bone Transplants Soon to Be Reality: ADAM Takes 3D Bones to Clinical Trials (press release) On
3D printing is coming to bone and cartilage
3D Bioprinting Bone – One Defect At A Time (3DHeals blog) This blog was inspired by my own clinical experience
6 Questions with Brian McLaughlin, President and Founder at Amplify, an entrepreneurial leader in additive manufacturing for orthopedics
Amplify is a US-based additive manufacturing company specializing in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of 3D metal-printed orthopedic implants. The
Case Study: using 3-D technology to remodel a hip with bone cancer
3-D Technology Reduces Lead Times, Enables Customization (Manufacturing News) With the latest technological advancements in 3-D printing, highly complex bone
Lima installs the first 3D-printing facility inside a major US hospital campus
HSS OPENING 3D PRINTING LAB FOR COMPLEX, PERSONALIZED ORTHO IMPLANTS (Orthopedics This Week) New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) will now
Bio-Printers are churning out biologics for spine repair
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The Making of an Orthopedics Implant using 3D Printing
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Medical applications are among the top growing use cases of metal 3D
The digital future of surgery according to J&J
The future of surgery (FastCompany) While technology can help to simplify the complex, it is often hard to see those improvements
DePuy-Synthes acquires EIT for 3D-printed titanium implants in spinal
Johnson & Johnson Medical GmbH Acquires Emerging Implant Technologies GmbH to Enhance Global Offering of Interbody Spine Implants (press release) NORDERSTEDT, Germany, Sept.
3D-printed implants help to grow “real bone”
Three-dimensional imaging on the left shows how bone, in green, replaced the bioactive ceramic scaffold, in purple, over a six-month
3D printed ceramic plate will turn into bone after FX is healed
This implant heals broken bones while transforming into natural bone (World Economic Forum) New Bones When a bone breaks, medical devices
An Engineering review of surfacing technologies in 3D Printing for orthopedic implants
WARNING – This is a very technical article for Engineers. Enjoy. –Tiger Topology Optimization in Medical Implants: Where are we
After 100,000 implantations, 3D-Printed Hips are going strong
100,000 Patients Later, The 3D-Printed Hip Is A Decade Old And Going Strong (GE) You can fashion almost anything on a 3D
First in World! Spinal cages are now created by algorithms
Medicrea Gains First and Only FDA Nod for Patient-Specific Spinal Cages (press release) The algorithmic generation of patient-specific cages within the
6 technology innovations that are transforming orthopedics
Innovations in Orthopedic Devices to Transform Industry (Frost & Sullivan) The orthopedic devices industry will continue to be a promising
The next wave in medical sensors – printed/flexible/stretchable
Exploring the Latest in Sensor Technologies for Medtech (MD+DI) An expert talks about the latest in sensor technology development and shares
Onkos Surgical brings new 3D surgical planning tools to oncology
Onkos Surgical® and 3D Systems Team to Advance Personalized Surgical Oncology Solutions (press release) Onkos Surgical, Inc. announced today that
The Smart Total Knee to detect infections is now in development
READ ALSO – The Smart Implant Revolution A French laboratory has developed the first connected artificial knee (Allianz Partners) A connected
Exactech launches stemless shoulder with bone cage fixation
EXACTECH STEMLESS SHOULDER CLEARED (Orthopedics This Week) Gainesville, Florida-based Exactech, Inc. has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for a stemless
Can 3D-printing revolutionize Orthopedics?
Can 3D Printing Revolutionize Orthopaedic Devices? (AAOS) FDA guidance is a first step 3D printing promises to be a revolution in
Slice brings first-class additive manufacturing to Orthopedics
First-Class Manufacturing with Additive (ProductionMachining.com) Close attention to detail and automation of key processes is helping this shop earn its place
The making of a 3D-printed orthopedic Implant
The Making Of A Medical 3D Printed Metal Implant (Steve Fournier – LinkedIn) From “black” to “grey metal powder” magic of
Bodycad launches the first 3D-printed Unicompartmental Knees
Bodycad Announces First Use of Its Unicompartmental Knee System in Patients(OrthoFeed) Website – http://www.bodycad.com/ Read – List of 3D-Printing companies in Orthopedics
Materialise’s upper extremity osteotomy guides aid surgeons
Materialise’s Upper Extremity Osteotomy Guides Aid Surgeons (ODT) Materialise has expanded its 3D printed orthopedic solutions to include osteotomy guides
EIT acquires 22 Patents for 3D-Printed Expandable Cage Technology Based on Living Hinges
EIT Emerging Implant Technologies Acquires 22 Patents for 3D Printed Expandable Cage Technology Based on Living Hinges from Dr. Morgan
Spine startup bootstraps a 3D printed cervical implant with two materials
FDA CLEARS OSSEUS’ CERVICAL IMPLANT (Orthopedics This Week) website – http://www.osseus.com/ On July 3, 2017, the FDA cleared Osseus Corporation’s new
Hospitals adopting in-house 3D printing for surgery planning
Implementing In-Hospital 3D Printing (Physicians Weekly) Although 3D printing has become more popular in the last decade, few hospitals are printing
The future of orthopedics will include 3D printing
Could the future of joint replacement be 3D? (Private Healthcare UK) In the UK, there are in excess of 160,000 hip
FDA clears the first 3D expandable interbody system
FIRST 3D EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM CLEARED BY FDA (Orthopedics This Week) K2M Group Holdings, Inc. stakes claim to be the first
ConforMIS to launch 3D-printed hips based on patient-specific technology
FDA clears Conformis’ iTotal hip replacement (MassDevice) ConforMIS (NSDQ:CFMS) said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its primary iTotal Hip replacement system.
SI-BONE goes 3D with their new iFuse implant
SI-BONE, Inc. Announces FDA Clearance and Full U.S. Commercial Launch of the iFuse-3DTM Implant, a Patented,
Stryker invests in 3D printing with help from GE Additive
Stryker inks 3D printing deal with GE Additive (MassDevice) Stryker (NYSE:SYK) today said it inked a deal with GE Additive, the
Researchers are 3D printing the meniscus out of hydrogels
CLOSING IN ON 3-D PRINTED MENISCUS (Orthopedics This Week) A damaged meniscus is hard to repair or replace. As Lauren Dubinsky
FDA clears the first 3D plates for general use in the lower extremity
Additive Orthopaedics wins FDA nod for 3D printed Locking Lattice Plating System (MassDevice) website Additive Orthopaedics Early-stage orthopedics company Additive Orthopaedics said today
DePuy Synthes acquires 3D tissue printing technology
DePuy Synthes Acquires Tissue Regeneration System’s 3D Printing Technologies to Treat Bone Defects (press release) website TRS WEST CHESTER, Pa., April
FDA clears a new 3D Printed Unicompartmental Knee System
Bodycad Receives FDA 510K Clearance for Personalized Unicompartmental Knee System (press release) Bodycad website QUEBEC CITY, March 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Bodycad
A peek into serial entrepreneur Randy Theken’s new venture, NextStep
Entrepreneur Randy Theken’s next step is as hectic as ever (Crains Cleveland) Selling three spinal implant companies for $200 million just
The future of fracture repair may include 3D-printed synthetic bone
Scientists fix fractures with 3D-printed synthetic bone (MassDevice) Scientists in the United States have successfully treated broken spines and skulls in
4WEB Medical wins FDA clearance for their 3D Printed spine cage
4WEB Medical Announces FDA Clearance of Lateral Spine Truss System (press release) List of 3D-Printers in Orthopedics & Spine “The Lateral
DePuy partners with Materialise for 3D printing of titanium skull & face implants
Johnson & Johnson gets in on 3D printing with Materialise deal for titanium skull & face implants (MassDevice) see my interview
New FDA guidance for companies that create 3D-printed implants in Orthopedics
More from the FDA on Material Characterization for Additive Manufacturing (ODTMag) In March, I addressed here recent actions by the FDA
DePuy Synthes joins forces with HP for the future of 3D Printing
J&J AND HP TEAM UP 3D PRINTING FOR ORTHO (Orthopedics This Week) The biggest health care and printer companies in the