3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY FOR HEALTHCARE.
                     3D PRINTING 
TECHNOLOGY FOR 
HEALTHCARE
INTRODUCTION
• 3D printing is a rapidly growing industry 
that has the potential to impact many 
markets, including healthcare.
• It has a plethora of uses and is only just 
starting to leave its mark in medicine. 
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Customization
• 3D printing is a perfect solution for 
healthcare industry.
• It empowers the creation of 
prosthetic and orthotic devices 
custom fitted to a patient’s particular 
anatomy. 
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Lead time
• 3D printing in healthcare provides 
designers and engineers the tools to 
rapidly make and iterate designs. 
• It is so accurate that the custom parts 
can be designed and sent to print in 
very little time. 
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Costs
• Creating custom parts and devices 
requires a significant amount of 
detail.
• It is most appropriate for low 
volume production meaning costs 
will drop while effectiveness 
increases. 
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Sterilizable
• 3D printing knows a lot of 
materials that are strong, 
lightweight and sterilizable.
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Complexity
• 3D printers are now able to 
produce are potentially limitless.
• New composites and hybrid 
plastics make it possible to create 
body parts strength and are 
lightweight. 
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KEY APPLICATIONS 
3D-printed orthopaedic implants 
• It is used to surgically replace a 
missing joint or bone — are one of 
the applications that benefit the 
most from 3D printing. 
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Personalised surgery 
 
• 3D printing technologies are used 
to develop patient-specific models 
of organs and surgical tools.
 
Enhanced surgical tools 
 
• 3D printing is making an impact is 
personalised surgical tools.
• Surgical instruments, hemostats, 
scalpel handles and clamps can be 
produced using 3D printers.
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