3d printed eye
3D Printing News Unpeeled: Supercomputer Simulation and Eye Tissue Models
The National Eye Institute (NEI), has 3D printed scaffolds and tissue for the outer blood-retina barrier which lets them create retina tissue models. These models could make it easier to do…
World’s First 3D Printed Prosthetic Eye Implant Heralds Vision for the Future of Medicine
There are multiple reasons why a person would wear a prosthetic eye, from the eye not developing normally to cancer or an accident. According to the Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS…
10 Ways 3D Printing Changed Medicine in 2018
The stream of 3D printing news coming from the medical world is almost constant. From 3D printed implants to complex medical models to actual human tissue, there are so many…
Breakthrough 3D Printed Bionic Eye Could Restore or Enhance Sight
For a long time, blindness was an irreversible condition, and that’s still true about many forms of it. If a person’s eyes or vision are damaged badly enough, there’s only…
Newcastle University Researchers Successfully 3D Print Human Corneas from Stem Cell Bioink
The outermost layer of the eye, the cornea, is very important in terms of focusing vision, as it allows us to see while light passes through to the retina. But with…
Engineering Student Creates Inexpensive 3D Printed Eye Prosthesis
While some researchers have worked on 3D printed eyes that could reverse blindness and connect to WiFi, the possibility of a 3D printed eye prosthesis that looks real represents a…
New $250,000 Cash R&D Tax Credit Ideal for 3D Bioprinting
3D printing has become a revolutionizing industry in hundreds of areas like commercial products and engineering, but the development has been especially notable in the biomedical field. It is being…
3D Printed Eye Prostheses Can Help Children with Missing or Underdeveloped Eyes to Grow Normally
Microphthalmia is a condition in which babies are born with severely underdeveloped eyes, while anophthalmia is a condition in which one or both eyes are missing altogether. Both conditions obviously…
3D Printed Bionic Eye Seeks to Allow People with Vision Loss to See Again
3D Printing is such an amazing technology. I can’t emphasize it enough. Each and every day I am surprised by the ways in which this technology is being used. As…
Don’t Roll Your Eyes…Unless You Have a 3D Printed Bionic Eyeball Module
Sometimes you just have to cut loose and have some fun and what better time to do that than Halloween, right? Before you start worrying about what you are going…
