https://techcitement.com get excited Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:19:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://techcitement.com/culture/3d-printers-produce-custom-bone-implants/ https://techcitement.com/culture/3d-printers-produce-custom-bone-implants/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:30:09 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=18730

An unnamed patient recently had 75 percent of his skull surgically replaced with a 3D printed implant. The patient’s head was scanned, and then a custom digital model of the implant was created before finally being fabricated in a 3D printer. On February 18, Oxford Performance Materials in Connecticut gained approval from the U.S. Food […]]]> https://techcitement.com/culture/3d-printers-produce-custom-bone-implants/feed/ 1 https://techcitement.com/hardware/the-vision-of-the-future/ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:00:09 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=16908

It took 20 years and $200 million in funding, but the FDA finally approved Swiss company Second Sight’s Argus II retinal prosthesis last week after the Opthalmic Device Panel unanimously voted in favor of approval last September. The system restores partial vision to sufferers of retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited disorder that progressively destroys the light-sensitive […]]]>