3D printing can create anatomical fashions like this cranium. [Photo courtesy of Stratasys]
Stratasys at present introduced it signed an settlement with Ricoh to offer on-demand 3D-printed anatomic fashions for medical settings.
Stratasys’ patient-specific 3D options use 3D printing know-how from Stratasys, cloud-based Segmentation-as-a-Service answer from Axial3D and precision additive manufacturing providers from Ricoh into one handy answer. The brand new settlement builds on an present relationship between Ricoh 3D for Healthcare and Stratasys to develop entry to 3D-printed medical fashions.
Anatomic 3D-printed fashions are sensible and supply particular visualizations of a affected person’s anatomy to permit practitioners to plan and follow advanced surgical procedures and enhance communication between medical workers, the affected person and households. The corporate’s Digital Anatomy know-how permits the fashions to be biomechanically sensible with the texture and responsiveness of actual bone and tissue.
“With the development in imaging strategies and 3D-printing know-how, we’re seeing an elevated demand for personalised options,” stated Ben Klein, GM of patient-specific options at Stratasys. “We provide a simplified and scalable, complete answer that will increase entry to patient-specific 3D-printed fashions in a fraction of time to assist ship extremely personalised therapy and care.”
With the brand new collaboration, clients can add medical recordsdata to a safe cloud-based service the place Axial3D’s synthetic intelligence-powered software program mechanically converts medical scans into 3D printable recordsdata. The recordsdata are printed on Stratasys 3D printers at Ricoh’s ISO 13485 licensed facility, and the fashions are shipped on to the care facility.
“We’re offering a possibility for healthcare suppliers to entry state-of-the-art, precision additive manufacturing with out absorbing the overhead prices,” stated Gary Turner, managing director of additive manufacturing at Ricoh. “Providing this answer means democratized, wider entry to patient-specific 3D-printed fashions that may enhance outcomes and the affected person expertise, whereas additionally enhancing doctor schooling and coaching.”