reviewJournal of Healthcare EngineeringMar 21, 2019HYBRID OA

The Role of 3D Printing in Medical Applications: A State of the Art

AAAnna AimarAPAugusto PalermoBIBernardo Innocenti

IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano · Université Libre de Bruxelles

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Abstract

Three-dimensional (3D) printing refers to a number of manufacturing technologies that generate a physical model from digital information. Medical 3D printing was once an ambitious pipe dream. However, time and investment made it real. Nowadays, the 3D printing technology represents a big opportunity to help pharmaceutical and medical companies to create more specific drugs, enabling a rapid production of medical implants, and changing the way that doctors and surgeons plan procedures. Patient-specific 3D-printed anatomical models are becoming increasingly useful tools in today's practice of precision medicine and for personalized treatments. In the future, 3D-printed implantable organs will probably be…

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  • 3D printing
  • Plan (archaeology)
  • Computer science
  • Field (mathematics)
  • Work (physics)
  • 3d printed
  • Manufacturing engineering
  • Risk analysis (engineering)
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Industry, innovation and infrastructure
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