Researchers used STL and SLS to develop patient-specific drainage stents, with one design achieving a 30% improvement in flow ...

New Rochelle, NY, May 18, 2017--A new study demonstrates proof-of-concept for combining computational design and simulation tools with 3D printing technology to produce self-expandable polymer stents ...

Many medical implantable devices fabricated using additive manufacturing (AM) technology are already in use in the medical field. The figure shows the clinical application of AM in medical metal ...

Medical implants are an ideal field for 3D printing, requiring the rapid manufacture of highly intricate and customizable products. Research in additive manufacturing continues to improve the quality ...

New research about possible additive drugs to help reduce the reclosing of an artery after a metal stent has been inserted to keep it open was presented at the American College of Cardiology's ...

Researchers have demonstrated the 3-D printing of shape-shifting structures that can fold or unfold to reshape themselves when exposed to heat or electricity, an approach also known as '4-D printing.' ...

Additive manufacturing is the process of creating an object by building it one layer at a time. It is the opposite of subtractive manufacturing, in which an object is created by cutting away at a ...