3D-PRINTING INNOVATION
This technique uses living cells to 3D-print a bone with a novel ink
3D printers are increasingly becoming a permanent fixture in the Healthtech field with these innovations
3D Printing is seeing the widest applications in the medical field. It was about a couple of months ago that I wrote about a novel 3D-printing technique, which will enhance the production of biomedical parts. On previous occasions, I have written about other such endeavors — 3D printing of Living Skin, Mini-Livers, and biomimetic tongue to name a few. Scientists have gotten better at utilizing cutting edge tools to enhance the use of this futuristic tech in the Healthcare field.
According to the research conducted by a team of scientists at the University of New South Wales, Sydney (Australia) has developed a ceramic-based ink that may allow surgeons in the future to 3D-print bone parts complete with living cells that could be used to repair damaged bone tissue. This cell-containing gel, in the future, can 3D-print right into the injury, where it would then harden.
Although the concept of 3D-printing bone-mimicking structures is nothing new that hasn’t been done before, the previous methods involved putting experimental materials in the cavity…
