Medical 3D Printing

3D Printing Financials: Materialise Improves Margins Despite Flat Revenue

Materialise (Euronext and NASDAQ: MTLS) started 2026 with stable revenue, stronger margins, and better operating profit, helped by growth in medical and improved profitability in software. The Belgian 3D printing…

3D Printing News Briefs: May 7, 2026: Metal Powder Bed Fusion, Surgical Plates, & More

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start with a strategic collaboration to advance next-generation metal additive manufacturing (AM), before moving on to funding for surgical research. We’ll end with…

Amnovis Expands to the US

Belgian firm Amnovis is a scalable partner for orthopedic innovations. From design to production and regulatory, you can rely on them to take your innovation to market. Coupled with deep…

3D Printing News Briefs, April 30, 2026: Support-Free Titanium, Drug Delivery, & More

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start with Makelab’s new website, and move on to commercialization of support-free metal 3D printing in South Korea. We’ll end with drug delivery…

3D Printing Could Show How Cells Respond to Shape — and Heal, New UK Research Finds

Researchers at the University of Nottingham are using 3D printing to learn how human cells sense and react to their surroundings. The project focuses on cells involved in healing, like…

Scientists Create 3D Printed Neurons That Can Talk to Brain Cells

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed 3D printed neurons that can send signals to real brain cells and get a response back. According to the team, the printed structures could…

FDA Clears MedCAD’s 3D Printed Guides That Could Cut Surgery Time

MedCAD has gotten FDA 510(k) clearance for the AccuStride lower leg tibia and fibula system. The patient-specific surgical planning and surgical guide tool can speed up the orthopedic surgeon’s workflows….

3D Printed Bone Grafts From Georgetown Researchers Could Replace Traditional Implants

Researchers at Georgetown University are developing a new type of 3D printed bone graft designed to work more like real human bone. Instead of relying on metal implants or donor…

3D Printing News Briefs, March 28, 2026: TCT Asia, Distribution Agreement, FDA Clearance

We’re starting 3D Printing News Briefs this weekend with some news out of TCT Asia, and then moving on to a metal AM distribution agreement between MULTISTATION and WAAM3D. We’ll…

3D Printing News Briefs, March 21, 2026: Resin Safety, 3D Printed Bandages, & More

We’re kicking off this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs with some America Makes project call news, and then moving on to resin safety myths. We’ll end with a 3D printed…

3D Printing News Briefs, March 12, 2026: Linear Motor, Assistive Technology, & More

Conflux Technology’s 3D printed transmission oil cooler took to the track on a Multimatic Motorsports car; this story kicks off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Then, MIT researchers developed a…

Pete Pharma Deal with Atrium24 Signals Path for Broader 3D Printed Drug Commercialization

While I would guess we’re still probably at least several years away from 3D printed drugs being a commonplace reality, the growing number of companies with proprietary additive manufacturing (AM)…

3D Printing News Briefs, March 5, 2026: Automation, Expansion, On-Orbit Payload Deployment, & More

Today’s 3D Printing News Briefs is a mixed bag, starting with subscription-free automation for print farms from 3DQue. Then we’ll move on to dental resin news from Dentsply and Dreve,…

3D Printing Financials: Materialise Reports Strong Finish to 2025, Led by Medical Growth

Materialise (Nasdaq: MTLS) closed out 2025 with a solid fourth quarter, showing stronger profitability, steady revenue growth, and continued momentum in its medical business. While some parts of the company…

3D Printing News Briefs, February 21, 2026: Vapor Smoothing, Brain Models, & More

In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with material and post-processing news from Quickparts, and some more post-processing news from AM Solutions. We’ll end with researchers at the…

Materialise To Manufacture PEEK CMF Implants

Materialise will implement PEEK (polyetheretherketone) craniomaxillofacial (CMF) implants. Materialise has been doing CMF implants for decades. SLA and titanium implants, as well as the workflow software to produce them and…

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LPBF Woven Nitinol Opens New Possibilities for Stents and Actuators

Nitinol is a very exciting material in and of itself. The alloy is almost a metal elastomer and is known for its strength, super elasticity, and shape memory properties. Originally…

From Vision to Volume: The Next Chapter for Additive Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing has spent years navigating skepticism, hype cycles, and industrial validation. Now, the industry finds itself at a decisive turning point. The conversation has shifted away from futuristic possibilities…

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Commercial Applications for Ceramic 3D Printing

With its Lithography-based Ceramic Manufacturing (LCM) technology, Lithoz has set the technological cornerstone for scaling ceramic additive manufacturing to industrial production for many key industries. These industries – ranging from…

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3D Printed Orthopedic Device Startup Nanochon Closes $4.1M, Oversubscribed Seed Round

Two of the biggest growth opportunity areas for the additive manufacturing (AM) industry that 3DPrint.com and AM Research have long been keeping an eye on are sports and medical devices….

Low-Temperature 3D Printed Shape-Memory Stents Activated at Body Temperature

Researchers from Waseda University, the University of Tokyo, the University of Tokyo Hospital, Southeast University, and the South China University of Technology have worked together on developing low-temperature 3D printed…

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The Real ROI of Personalized 3D Printed Medtech in Oncology

Discover how patient-customized 3D printed devices like Stentra™ significantly reduce high toxicity-related treatment costs and improve workflow efficiencies to handle more cases more effectively overtime. Introduction: The Economic Paradox in…

Nivalon Creates a Custom, Metal-Free Spinal Implant Using XJet 3D Printing

Nivalon Medical Technologies says it has successfully produced a fully patient-specific spinal implant that preserves motion and contains no metal, using AI-based design and ceramic 3D printing. The implant is…

3D Printing News Briefs, January 28, 2026: Suppressors, 3D Electronics, & More

We’re kicking off 3D Printing News Briefs with some news from last week’s Shot Show in Las Vegas, and then moving on to new 3D printing systems. We’ll end with…