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Desktop Health receives FDA clearance for SmileGuard …

WEBDesktop Health, the healthcare arm of Desktop Metal, announced today it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of its SmileGuard resin, a light-curable biocompatible material for the 3D printing of strong and flexible bite splints and other orthodontic and dental appliances.. Desktop Health says SmileGuard …

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Desktop Health's Flexcera Base resin for 3D printed dental …

WEBDesktop Metal’s Desktop Health brand has announced the FDA 510(k) clearance of its Flexcera Base resin for use in 3D printed dental prosthetics.. Flexcera Base, along with Flexcera Smile, are Desktop Health’s first formulated digital dental products and have been developed from a combination of ceramic and long chain chemistry.

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Desktop Health aims to deliver eardrum reconstruction solution …

WEBDesktop Metal’s Desktop Health brand has announced the acquisition of a technology that is being developed for use in an implantable device for repairing damaged eardrums.. PhonoGraft technology was initially developed by researchers at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and uses a …

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Desktop Health 3D-Bioplotter used to produce custom ear …

WEBHannover Medical School’s (MHH) ENT clinic has used Desktop Health’s 3D-Bioplotter Manufacturer Series to produce a customised ear implant with drug release benefits.. The ear implant has been produced for implantation in an adult patient, with the ENT clinic being the first in the world to use the Desktop Health 3D-Bioplotter to …

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Desktop Health launches ScanUp to support adoption of digital …

WEBDesktop Health has launched a new program for dentists designed to help simplify the adoption of digital technologies to improve practice efficiency and patient care.. ScanUp was rolled out in November 2022, with hundreds of members - including several DSOs such as Western Dental and Smile Brands - helping to inform further …

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Desktop Health's Flexcera resin for 3D printed dentures receives …

WEBIt follows last month’s announcement that Flexcera Base received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510 (k) clearance. Desktop Health’s Flexcera resin is made up of ceramic coupled with long chain chemistry and is said to enable ‘optimal denture properties.’. With EnvisionTEC 3D printing systems, users can print up to eight …

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Desktop Health introduces PrintRoll build platform for 3D …

WEBDesktop Health, the medical 3D printing arm of Desktop Metal, has announced the launch of PrintRoll, a rotating build platform that can produce intelligent tubular solutions for the body’s vascular, digestive, respiratory and reproductive channels on the 3D-Bioplotter bioprinting system.. The 3D-Bioplotter is an extrusion-based 3D printer …

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Desktop Health announces first patients treated with FDA-cleared

WEBDesktop Health has announced the first patients have been treated with CMFlex, an off-the-shelf 3D printed synthetic bone graft product developed and manufactured by Chicago-based Dimension Inx on the 3D-Bioplotter.. Dimension Inx is a regenerative therapeutics company that designs, develops and manufactures …

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Desktop Health announces new resin for stronger and more …

WEBDesktop Health, the production-grade medical 3D printing brand of Desktop Metal, has announced a stronger formulation of its Flexcera resin for 3D printing gingiva.Flexcera Base Ultra+ will be used to fabricate full and partial removable dentures. The new Flexcera Base Ultra+ is 50% stronger than its predecessor according to the …

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Desktop Health launches 'Einstein' dental 3D printer series

WEBDesktop Health has announced the launch of its ‘Einstein’ series of dental 3D printing systems based on the digital light processing technology (DLP) Desktop Metal acquired through its takeover of EnvisionTEC.. The series of machines have been introduced alongside the Flexcera Smile Ultra+ dental resin. Desktop Health believes …

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GE Healthcare imaging technology to advance use of 3D printing …

WEBGE Healthcare and VA Puget Sound Health Care System have announced a partnership to deliver improved precision healthcare for U.S. veterans with advanced 3D imaging technology.. Building on its 3D printing network, VA Puget Sound, which provides care to more than 9 million veterans, and the Veterans Health Administration Innovators …

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Carbon releases three new 3D printing dental resins

WEBCarbon has announced the release of three new 3D printing resins for dental applications developed by third-party partners.. The new materials - Pac-Dent Rodin Sculpture, Desktop Health Flexcera Base, and Keystone KeyGuard - have been 'meticulously tested and validated' for use with Carbon's 3D printing systems. Pac …

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Additive manufacturing and 3D printing safety

WEBThis time last year additive manufacturing (AM) entered the consciousness of the wider public at the onset of the pandemic, when advanced manufacturers, along with 3D printing hobbyists, answered the call to create protective equipment for frontline health and care workers. Of course, we know that AM has long been a cornerstone of advanced …

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Is 3D printing a magic bullet for supply chain at the time of COVID …

WEBThe novel coronavirus disease or COVID-19 pandemic has clearly illustrated the vulnerability of conventional global supply chains. Over the past decade, natural disasters, including the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland in 2010, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in 2011, the Thailand floods in 2011, the category …

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Proclaim launches oral health device with 3D printed mouthpiece …

WEBPreventative health company Proclaim has unveil its ‘clinically proven’ Custom-Jet Oral Health System, which uses a 3D printed mouthpiece to help remove life-threatening bacteria.. The device has been designed to eradicate P.Gingivalis, a dangerous bacteria linked to heart disease, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and certain cancers.

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NIH researchers use 3D bioprinting to create eye tissue

WEBA research team made up of scientists from the National Eye Institute (NEI), a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has used patient stem cells and 3D bioprinting to produce eye tissue that the team says will advance understanding of the mechanisms of blinding diseases.. The researchers printed a combination of cells that …

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IVIVA Medical wins KidneyX prize for 3D printed organ therapeutics

WEBIVIVA Medical, a biotech startup that develops living therapeutics to cure patients with organ failure, has own a Phase 2 KidneyX Prize from the Kidney Innovation Accelerator, a public-private partnership between the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for its work in …

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Phase, Inc awarded $1.8m NIH grant for 3D printed organ-on-a …

WEBPhase, Inc. has been awarded a 1.8 million USD grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a project involving Harvard Medical School, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech.The project will develop a blood-brain-barrier model that recreates the in vivo environment and will address the existing limitations of models of the brain used to treat …

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TCT Awards 2023 finalists announced

WEBThe TCT Group has announced the 2023 finalists for its 11 TCT Awards categories, with HP named as a Gold Sponsor.. After an abundance of high-quality entries, the TCT Group has narrowed down the shortlisted products and applications to 63 finalists. Finalists among the application categories include projects that drew contributions from …

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