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Logitech and Realize Medical Partner to Enhance Medical VR

Canadian medical virtual reality (VR) startup Realize Medical has announced a collaboration with Logitech, a renowned Swiss-based manufacturer of computer accessories and software. The partnership is designed to enhance Realize Medical’s Elucis, the world’s first platform for building patient-specific 3D medical models entirely in VR, by integrating Logitech’s enterprise-focused VR Stylus, enabling users to draw medical models precisely and directly in the program.

Through this new joint effort, Realize Medical will take the Elucis platform’s medical image viewing, modeling, and communication capabilities to the next level by combining novel 3D visualizations with the familiar and intuitive input of a hand-held stylus on a writing surface. Based entirely on VR, Elucis lets users turn medical images into 3D medical models with ease for 3D printing and other advanced visualization applications. While Logitech’s VR Ink Pilot Edition stylus, released last December, offers a more natural and precise input modality for a handful of art and design-focused VR tools. Together, the software and the pen will open new capabilities and improve usability.

“We are constantly on the lookout for innovative ways to improve our Elucis platform, and this partnership with Logitech does just that,” said Justin Sutherland, CEO and co-founder of Realize Medical. “Giving users the ability to draw seamlessly within our program will greatly improve the user experience, bringing us closer to meeting our mission of providing healthcare professionals with the 3D modeling tools they need to improve patient care and education.”

It takes a long time to make 3D anatomical models on 2D platforms, which is why Sutherland and Dan La Russa, Realize co-founders and medical physicists at the Ottawa Hospital, in Canada, began looking for a way to make the whole process easier. In 2017. they began working on creating a VR platform to help clinical physicians make 3D models faster, and in January of 2019, they took their work to the next level by creating a medical VR startup as a spin-out company out of the Ottawa Hospital.

Combining Logitech’s VR Ink Pilot Edition stylus with Realize Medical’s Elucis software to create 3D models (Image courtesy of Realize Medical)

Two-dimensional imaging, such as computerized tomography (CT) scans or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), has been around since 1972. Although the resolution of the images has improved, it remains relatively the same technology with physicians still using the “slices” shown on 2D images for educational purposes and diagnosing patients. But even though medical imaging data represents 3D structures and can be turned into tangible physical 3D models, Realize Medical believes that many clinical settings and private companies are still relying on 2D tools to create 3D models, which is time-consuming and tedious. Instead, Elucis is expected to provide surgeons and healthcare professionals with a radically new way to create 3D medical content, much quicker and accurately.

The patent-pending input method lets users draw, measure, and annotate directly on any given view of an image, allowing for the creation to “materialize” in front of the user, offering the ability to work on it, hands-on. Thanks to intuitive hand motions and true 3D visual cues Realize Medical developed an image navigation tool that unlocks medical images and can even construct and edit 3D structures from 2D contours.

Realize Medical’s Elucis software will help the healthcare field create 3D models (Image courtesy of Realize Medical)

This new collaboration is the latest in a breakthrough trend of VR and 3D medical modeling aiming to change the future of healthcare. According to the startup, virtual reality can play a variety of important roles in healthcare and medicine, and the Elucis platform, in particular, can act as a clinician’s education and training tool, help with patient-specific planning, have the potential to guide treatment decisions, and much more. The company founders consider that shortly conventional monitor displays will be replaced by modern mixed reality tools like VR, augmented reality (AR), and medical 3D printing. To that end, the partnership continues to upgrade the technological platform offering user-friendly tools to healthcare experts.

Innovation in healthcare through 3D printing has led to the development of new applications. With hospitals and clinical settings looking to incorporate new ways to create medical models and devices in-house, the demand for technologies that can change the status quo continues to grow. In the last years, we have seen many healthcare institutions working together with researchers, startups, and companies to create bespoke clinical products, from surgical guides to patient-specific implants and 3D printed anatomical models, that can improve patient experience and surgical planning, as well as reduce operating time and costs. The role of mixed VR and 3D printing technologies is shaping up to be a staple for modern healthcare applications, as key development to advance the medical field.

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Interview with Firoza Kothari of Anatomiz3D

OEMs, materials companies and medical device firms are doing a lot of work with 3D Printing. What we’re not seeing is a lot of medical startups in the field. We’re not really seeing services emerge that facilitate medical models, medical device work or the development of medical solutions. Many people will tell you that patient-specific implants and medical 3D printing is a potentially large market, but where is the economic activity? And where are the companies that are going to facilitate this? One of the precious few is Anatomiz3D. The India based firm is offering a whole host of services and parts to the medical community. Firms like Anatomiz3D are essential if we want 3D printing in medical to spread and acellerate. I was very enthused to interview Firoza Kothari and learn more about them.

What is Anatomiz3D?

Anatomiz3D is an organization, which coalesces medical with the manufacturing industry, yielding customized solutions for medical applications. Our motto is to purvey personalized care in the form of Pre-surgical planning, Cutting and Drilling surgical guides, Custom Orthotics, Patient-specific implants and Implant moulds through the route of 3D Modelling and 3D printing technique.

We are consultants, trainers and partners to anyone who wishes to explore the medical field in AM, be it the surgical segment, education segment or medical device innovation. Our aim is to make this technology accessible to as many people as possible.

We have thorough knowledge and expertise to support and assist curative, restorative healthcare institutes. We aspire to see all the medical centres implementing this technology at their point-of-care. This will decrease the diagnostic time and get immediate care response in emergency cases.

An example of a calcified aortic valve

Why do you specialize in healthcare?

As a Biotech Engineer myself, my interest was highly piqued when I was introduced to 3D Bioprinting during my research about 3D Printing. With a vision to someday culture tissues and organs in a lab, Anatomiz3D started its journey towards personalised healthcare in a country like India which has immense surgical talent but also a population of 1.3B people to cater too. Surgical procedures need to be faster, easier and more precise to increase access to more patients.

What does that mean for your customers?

With aid from this technology, surgeons will be able to provide patient specific solutions that help with faster recovery and better quality of life for their patients. Surgical decision and procedures can be accelerated and lead to lesser probability of re-do surgeries.

Once medical set-up implements 3D printing at their Point-of-care, it will cater to all the cases well within the processing time than currently being utilised. It will make this personalization process a standard of care, which the centres and the patient both could benefit out of.

A Criss cross heart whereby the inflow ventricles of the heart are intertwined.

How did you get started?

Our first ever case was in Paediatric Cardiology, wherein a 6 month old infant was suffering from a complex congenital heart disease called DORV (Double Outlet Right Ventricle) with VSD (Ventricular Septal Defect). This patient was initially rejected for surgery considering the complications associated with a procedure of this level. But the medical team had heard of 3D Printing and reached out to us (Back then we were doing our pilots through our now sister concern – Sahas Softech) to take up the case, hoping to still be able to provide the infant with a last chance at a procedure. We designed the heart of the infant in collaboration with the medical team, studied the model together to understand the risks and the complications, and to our delight, they realised that the patient can actually be given the best possible surgical output. This was our first success story and it was also a huge boost to find out that this was the first ever case in India, not only in Paediatric Cardiology, but also in Soft Tissue Modelling over all. Since then, we have opened up multiple such avenues of application and intend to continue doing so.

What kind of parts do you make?

Our focus is always patient-centric. As per the doctor’s or surgeons’ requirement, we design the applications to serve their purposes. Our applications range from Pre-surgical planning, Cutting and Drilling Surgical Guides, Custom Orthotics, Patient-specific implants and Implant moulds.

Considering our experience with over 700 live cases, we have a library of complex cases across specialisations that serve as great teaching and training tools, reducing the need for cadavers and allowing for reproducible training across various locations and making learning possible to everyone.

Who are your customers?

Our proficiency lies in Soft tissue and bone modeling, cutting and drilling guides, custom implant designing, education models, product development, Hospital set-up Consultancy. We provide services to Hospitals, Doctors, Surgeons, 3D printing service providers, Medical device companies, Medical universities, etc.

What are your parts used for?

There are distinct advantages of our products and services

For the Surgeon

Addition to current 2D imaging techniques
Decision making: whether to operate a patient or not
Faster and more precise Patient Specific treatment planning
Student/Resident Education model
Such planning and practicing helps the medical team feel prepared and confident
Implant pre-contouring
Tools selection and Trajectory of screws can be fixed
Improved communication within the team

For the Hospital

OT time can be reduced

More operations performed in a day

The success rate can be defined over time

More patient intake

For the Patient

Reduced blood loss
Reduced time under anesthesia
Reduced overall costs
Improved recovery time

Why do customers choose you?

Garnering success in 700 plus cases, our establishment has made enormous progress and gathered proficiency over the years. This success was only possible due to the efforts we put as a team, along with support from the medical community, and try our best to make sure the doctor’s work is made easy and the patient can lead his life with high quality.

What technologies do you use?

We use an array of technologies such as SLA, SLS, CJP, FDM, Polyjet and DMLS. The choice of technology and material depends on the final application. We consult on the same by understanding the requirements.

How do you print guides?

We understand the osteotomy that the surgeon wishes to perform and the final result they aim to achieve. Accordingly, a jig is printed in a Biocompatible and an Autoclavable material that can be used in the OT on the patient.

What certifications do you have?

As a medical device company in customized products, we are in the process of gaining our ISO 13485 certification. Apart from that, we use FDA and CE certified softwares to carry out our segmentation work, to ensure the accuracy of patient data.

So you also do implant design and personalization?

The objective to merge 3D printing technology with medical was to provide an advanced, customized solution in each case. Initially, Doctors share their requirement and the patient’s data with us. With the information provided, Anatomiz3D’s team of engineers design and 3D print the customized implants according to the patient anatomy. This enables the doctor to perform the case smoothly and give a personalized solution to the patient’s case.

How do you work with pharma companies?

Pharma and medical device companies use our products during their product development phase, validation phase, or even as marketing tools. Customized patient data can really help them test their products across a lot of data.

What partners, are you looking for?

We are looking forward to partnerships with Hospitals to set up Point Of Care centers, Medical Device Companies to assist them in product development, 3D Printing OEMs and Service Bureaus to aid them in any medical requests, Medical Institutions to enhance training and Education.

What is holding 3D printing back?

Medical was in dire need of technological advancement to decrease the response time and provide a prompt, customized solution to their patients. As the technology is in its nascent stage, the foremost issue is acceptance. Initially, there is resistance seen toward a transformation. At first, people are sceptical to make the transit from their traditional methods. Then there is a question of cost, material capability, timelines, accurate designs and a few others to name.

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Interview with Jose Manuel Baena of Regemat 3D and Breca Health Care

Jose Manuel Baena

Jose Manuel is a healthcare entrepreneur and CEO, bringing new technologies from lab to bed to improve people’s quality of life. He is working in more than 20 countries. He is the Founder and CEO of BRECA Health Care and REGEMAT 3D. He is looking to pioneer the revolution of 3D printing and bioprinting in healthcare. He was born in Valencia in October 1983. He studied engineering in Valencia, Spain, Braunschweig, Germany, and Oxford, UK, where he got his MSc in Motorsport engineering supported by the grant program of F1 world champion Fernando Alonso. He has also studied biomedical engineering in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and he just finished his PhD in Biomedicine in Biomedicine at the University of Granada, he is now a doctor.

What inspired you to do a lot within the healthcare industry?

While working at the F1 team, I decided to focus my career on the intersection between engineering and medical sciences. I could have worked on designing cars but medical devices were more motivational and challenging for me.

Ten years ago I started researching and designing custom made implants and thought that, 3D printing could be used for doing amazing customized implants. In 2010, I started working on the BRECA Health Care Business plan. The company was founded in early 2011, and at that time 3D printing was not that popular. Various people told me that I was never going to bring it to the clinical world. We now have dozens of successful clinical cases around the world.

Back in 2011, a researcher from the University of Granada asked him to develop a system in which we could print cells rather than Titanium, to solve the problems of apoptosis and the differentiation I had been working in 2D cultures. At that time the number of available solutions were 0. This is how I got inside this amazing industry. Some years later I started REGEMAT 3D to bring to society the results of our development from 2011. Now after few years we have a presence in more than 25 countries.

Early in 2018 and thinking on his future research after the PhD, I decided to get involved in a research group with a clinical focus to bring new treatments to patients that is how I started at the PITI3D platform as a Scientific coordinator and also a main figure in the start up of the platform.

Regemat 3D BioScaffolder 2.1

What are interesting things to pay attention to within the healthcare sector for bioprinting? How does 3D Printing revolutionize your day to day work?

We believe that bioprinting is in a kind of hype period. Biological sciences can benefit a lot from these ranges of different technologies, but it is not true that we are going to be printing functional organs in the short term. You can say that to do an IPO and get funding but after some years when results don’t ́t come as expected, you are going to fall. I saw it many years ago with 3D printing in medical devices, then after that the curve of expectations decreases and a lot of detractors arise. Just when you show the results it is when the technology starts being used and find a place in the market.

Also it is important to make clear that what we print with a bioprinter is not a tissue; it is a matrix, a scaffold, with cells in 3D, that as we showed many years ago behave in a similar way to the cells in vivo, but still a procedure that needs to have a functional tissue to be implanted.

Mechanical stress after printing and other ingredients play an important role in the outcomes of the tissue. We think of bioprinting as an amazing range of technologies to achieve our aims as researchers that want to mimic living structures but there still are a lot of things to do to cover all tissues. That is why we in REGEMAT 3D offer not just a bioprinting system but a customized one for every specific application. In the short term we see a lot of opportunities in the combination of 3D printed custom made synthetic medical devices and bioprinted structures to regenerate an injury.

Breca Health Care

What are some projects that Regemat has been working on recently?

We have been working on a lab on a chip Kit for antitumoral treatments. This includes Cornea Regeneration. We are also testing a new biomaterial based on the skin of a butterfly as well.

What are some projects that BRECA HealthCare has been working on recently?

We have worked on surgical guides, prosthesis and implants for Maxillofacial, thoracic box, osteosarcoma, and knee-related projects.

Are there ways to fuse these two industries as it seems that the work you do must have interconnection in order for one to transition between both?

Thanks to our previous experience with Breca Health Care, we offer some advantages to our collaborators such as:

Benefiting from all the results and new components developed by our bioprinting community

We can customize the solution and the specifications for your research. This will make it unique.

Funding opportunities

Royalties for co-development

As implanting medical devices experts, we will help you to bring your results from lab to bed

Advertising in media

Discounts in the modifications and ad hoc projects

Discounts in the new versions and components

Pre-clinical and clinical projects in cooperation with PITI3D

PITI3D

What are some concerns you have over the healthcare industry as a whole in terms of innovation? What are some benefits that the industry has as well?

The regulatory sector is important. We are now trying different applications with this technology at a pre-clinical phase, but we need to work on what will happen once we can go through the clinical applications with real patients. The benefit of this situation is the fact that we are helping to develop the regulation and we are completely involved in this sandbox.

Lastly, what is the future of bioprinting? What fields of study will be crucial for its future development?

Our approach is to create a tissue is quite unique as we are always thinking on the clinical application and how custom made surgical implants can promote the formation of a living tissue and the regeneration of a defect. For the creation of a living tissue it is crucial the bioprinting process and the ingredients selected to achieve the objective to create a functional specific tissue the scaffold, the cells, the bioinks and the other ingredients to be printed that will promote the formation of the right tissue. But also the maturation procedure applied to the 3D cell laden constructs, that is even more important. If we think about bioprinting as a technology to recreate all the structure in the same form as shown in a living tissue, we are going to fail. We have to think on bioprinting as a way of creating cell laden 3D constructs as a precursor of a functional tissue. The maturation and tissue formation process, in vivo or bioreactors mimicking the implantation body, will be as important or even more than the bioprinting one. Considering the strategies of both parts will be crucial to obtain the desired functional knee cartilage tissue. They are pioneering both fields!

Interview with Dr. Jenny Chen of 3DHEALS on Bioprinting and 3D Printing in Healthcare

A few years ago I started to notice a stream of interesting information coming from radiologist Jenny Chen. She was taking it upon herself to organize medical professionals the world over. She wanted to get Doctors and researchers in rooms together to learn, discuss and share information. 3DHEALS sprang from this enthusiasm. Now active the world over this organization brings together people in gatherings large and small. Professionals can now learn from each other directly and help innovate in bioprinting and 3D printing for healthcare. Isolated islands of information now can become shared torrents of understanding and knowledge. I really believe that 3DHEALS will do a lot to accelerate 3D printing in medicine. A lot of people are enthusiastic now but do not know where to start and where to learn. For bioprinting, 3DHEALS has become that central global hub. We interviewed Jenny Chen to find out more about 3DHEALS.

Who are the 3DHEALS members, and why did you start it?

As a radiologist, 3D printing blurs the line between the digital imaging world and the physical world. Three years ago, I wanted to make my models to help the surgeons I work with, but there was no clear pathway. In addition to cost, the software and hardware were both challenging to use. There was no instruction. That’s why I started 3DHEALS to meet people who could help me with achieving my own goal of making a model. Initially, this was a small meetup group in San Francisco, but very soon, the group attracted talented professions from many different disciplines: engineering, healthcare providers, entrepreneurs, investors, students/residents, scientists, and more. Everyone brings in unique expertise and perspectives, and our meetings soon become more organized educational events, first in San Francisco, then all over the world.

So, in short, 3DHEALS intends to break down barriers between people and welcome everyone interested in using 3D printing technology in healthcare to join the conversation.

What is its purpose?

3DHEALS’ goals are:

To connect innovators and early adopters on a single platform in healthcare 3D printing, bioprinting, and related technologies.
To educate communities worldwide in a single language that everyone understands.

To discover startups/innovators in every corner of the world and give them a stage to be visible.

What is holding back 3D printing in hospitals?

We have published multiple blogs from various experts all over the world in our “Expert Corner” section focusing on this particular topic, and these experts are in the trenches every day trying to tackle this very question. However, to sum up, these opinions are 1) Lack of knowledge. Hospitals that are at the forefront of using 3D printing often have in-house advocates. These are often surgeons or radiologists who first had the first-hand experience elsewhere. Their strong voices and persistence will bring administrative attention to this new area of development. 2) The large gap between “costs” and “benefits.” Costs include the cost of hardware and materials, staffing, opportunity cost (space + time), potential liability risk, etc. Benefits include improved workflow (i.e., decreased turn-around time), clinical outcome improvement, the pathway to more reimbursement, etc. This gap remains at a level unpalatable to many hospitals that don’t have enough R&D budget like the Mayo Clinic, for example. 3DHEALS had explored the financial aspect of implementing 3D printing for pre-surgical planning in-depth in one of our earlier publication (A Roadmap from Idea to Implementation: 3D Printing for Pre-Surgical Application: Operational Management for 3D Printing in Surgery), which still applies today.

What is holding back 3D printing in medicine?

Not enough education, not enough expert network, not enough innovation/startups is holding back 3D printing in medicine.

It is not just a problem of healthcare; it is a problem of an entire ecosystem. This ecosystem should include many different members, ranging from engineering schools having an additive manufacturing curriculum for biomedical students to 3D printing companies that can look beyond currently a limited number of healthcare products (e.g., braces, aligners, etc.), all requiring nonconformists.

Are you a big believer in personalized medicine?

If I am picking words here, I would argue that medicine has always “intended” to be personalized, and not a single patient I know wanted to be treated as an “average.” That’s human, we value individualism, and we have an ego. However, in reality, we know medicine often treats us as a part of an algorithm.

If I have to forecast, I think “decentralized medicine” AND “personalized medicine” will be the way our future healthcare will look like. 3D printing can enable both of these goals. I have written a few blogs recently talking about this vision of decentralized healthcare, where the hospitals will play a diminishing role as care provider, if not significantly different position.

What do you think of bioprinting?

Bioprinting is a fascinating field to me because it not only includes all the fantastic capabilities of 3D printing, but also combines stem cell technologies, material sciences, and biological sciences. I believe these elements will play a significant role in future medical innovations, whether or not bioprinting “survives.”

The subject became a hot topic because of its potential role in organ regeneration, but I would argue that if people want to solve that problem, then they should focus on that problem, regardless of the solution, bioprinting or not. They should open up their options to include any regenerative techniques available and not limited to just bioprinting.

On the other hand, from a different angle, if a bioprinting company wants to thrive for the long run, then it should think about what products it can produce are the most scalable and profitable with its technologies.

What are the best resources for doctors/hospitals to learn on implementing 3D printing?

I would recommend they check out 3DHEALS website. There are several main things they can take advantage of:
Read the “Expert Corner” blogs: Many of them address the issues they will encounter at any stage of the implementation.
Check out the “Influencer Interviews” section of the website: This is where they can figure out who is doing what so that they can directly connect with individuals that can be their mentors or collaborators directly.

Attend 3DHEALS events. We have had 70+ events all over the world, aiming to build local communities and connecting global hub without the high cost of attending conferences. That said, we are working on 3DHEALS2020, so stay tuned.
In terms of non-3DHEALS events/resources, I recommend SME and RSNA-SIG, both have dedicated individuals focusing on accelerating the adoption of 3D printing into healthcare, from different organizational angles.

I’ve always wondered why there isn’t more “non-critical” 3D printing going on, e.g., post-operative braces?

There are a lot of these activities. However, in the past, similar to a lack of adoption in hospitals, the same economic barriers apply. The gap between “costs” and “benefits” remains wide enough to not allow any such business into the profitable zone. Without profit, this type of practice will remain in the “nonprofit” world, which unfortunately often does not provide consistent products due to lack of funding, staffing, and other concurrent socioeconomic challenges unrelated to the technology (e.g., lack of electricity, transportation, etc.). That said, I do believe this gap is narrowing, and I have seen several startups in recent years that are showing promise to survive, both in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors (e.g., Mecuris, Xkelet, Victoria Hand Project, Protesis, etc.). So, there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Does someone need to develop the perfect 3D printer for hospitals?

I would expand “hospital” to “healthcare” because the hospital is only one type of potential buyer of 3D printing technology. Since based on my theory that hospital will eventually play a diminishing role in our healthcare, I would urge innovators to focus on the result of improving a specific aspect of healthcare, for example, on-demand personalized 3D printed splints, implants, surgical tools, etc., then focusing on a specific buyer. There are so many new players in healthcare these days, and it may very well be Amazon or Apple that will be the “buyer,” rather than a hospital.

What happens at a 3DHEALS event?

The format of having people from different backgrounds to have direct conversations with one another is inspiring to attendees and well received. At 3DHEALS events, ideas can become a reality, blueprints can be an actual product. Together, people share the vision that 3D Printing will be one of the major forces that will revolutionize healthcare in the next 10-20 years.

In the past two years, with the help of 30+ dedicated community managers, 3DHEALS has grown from a single city to now over 20+ cities all over the world and growing. Therefore, there is a definite interest in the subject, and the format is working. Today, we are actively building 3DHEALS both offline and online, and wish geography will no longer pose as a barrier for members in this group to connect, innovate, and succeed together.

Our mission will remain to: educate, connect, and discover in healthcare 3D printing and bioprinting space.

Anatomiz3D Partners with Incredible AM to Deliver 3D Printed Patient-Specific Healthcare Solutions

From implant molds, prosthetics, and surgical and educational models to surgical guides and patient-specific surgical models, Mumbai-based medical 3D printing company Anatomiz3D Medtech Private Limited has worked with many aspects of medical 3D printing. Anatomiz3D, which is the healthcare division of tech company Sahas Softech, uses 3D printing to enhance and personalize patient care, whether it’s providing them with peace of mind by showing them a model or making their surgery quicker and easier with guides and implants.

The healthcare solutions company uses patient data from 2D MRI and CT scans to provide 3D modeling and printing services to the medical community, so physicians can better help their patients. More than three years ago, it was the first company in India to provide doctors with a 3D printed, patient-specific pediatric cardiology model before surgery, and has since moved on, 3D printing models for spinal, oral and maxillofacial, orthopaedic, head and neck, and neurosurgery operations using a variety of methods, including SLS, stereolithography, DMLS, and color jet printing.

Anatomiz3D’s mission is two-fold: to aid surgical practices by simplifying and customizing operative planning and procedures in order to improve patient recovery quality, and to develop patient-specific tissue engineering solutions to help lower the need for organ donors in the future.

Now, the surgical 3D printing company has announced that it’s partnering up with another Indian company to develop various 3D printed specialty solutions for the personalized healthcare industry. Incredible AM Pvt Ltd, established in 1974 as part of Industrial Metal Powders Pvt Ltd in Pune, works with both the medical and engineering industries by providing metal 3D printing services.

Incredible AM Pvt Ltd has a great facility that’s based on FDA guidelines, and is also reportedly the only company in India that has received both ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certifications for the manufacture of metal medical devices; this has helped it provide many customers across India with custom implants for neuro, orthopaedic, and maxillofacial surgeries.

With Incredible AM Pvt Ltd’s capabilities in metal 3D printing, paired with the design and plastic 3D printing skills provided by Anatomiz3D, this new partnership is essentially a one-stop-shop when it comes to personalized, patient-specific healthcare solutions.

Now, Incredible AM Pvt Ltd has invested an undisclosed amount of money into its new partner, Anatomiz3D, so that the two can work together to successfully even offer more 3D printed patient-specific surgical solutions to customers all around the world, focusing on affordable prices, excellent quality, and precise designs. The two companies have already helped create several orthopaedic, maxillofacial, and cranial implants together, and continue to work hard and help their respective R&D teams develop even more 3D printed medical products.

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Renishaw reports record £611.4M turnover for full FY2018

The UK headquartered metrology and additive manufacturing specialist Renishaw (LON:RSW) has published its results for the full fiscal year 2018. Combining hardware sales and support with the company’s healthcare service line, headline revenue for FY 2018 was reported at £611.5 million. For FY2017, revenue was reported at £536.8m. By comparison, FY2018 sees a growth of 14% and […]