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