When you think of medical devices, the idea of high end, well, pretty much everything, comes to mind. This is definitely the case when it comes to prosthetics, or in this similar case, custom fit ...

New software could create better looking, cheaper-to-produce splints for all. How about 3d printed orthotics. I've never seen anything more overpriced than orthotics, and they have to be custom.

A removable splint created using a 3D-printed dental model may provide similar treatment results as a traditional wire-composite splint in children. This study was recently published in the Journal of ...

Three years ago, a newborn named Kaiba Gionfriddo underwent a radical new procedure: To keep his airway from collapsing due to a rare condition called tracheobronchomalacia, doctors implanted a 3D ...

Ned the Bearded Dragon had a sore leg and needed a splint. Clever vets at Healesville Sanctuary’s wildlife hospital have 3D ...

A growing number of adults will need a cast for a broken bone at least once in their lifetime. Fiberglass casts—the most common type used—hold the bone in place, but they come with a host of ...

After twin earthquakes struck Venezuela killing and injuries thousands, one Ada teenager is using his eight 3D printers to ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. doctors treated three infants with an often-fatal airway disease by implanting a 3D printed medical device that improves breathing and changes shape as the children grow, the ...

Ramiah Martin isn't like other little girls, and that's perfectly fine with her mother. "She is nothing short of a miracle," Leanne Martin said of her daughter, who was facing long odds before her ...

CHARLOTTE, Mich. (WLNS) — A 3D printing business in Charlotte is helping ducks walk. Pekin ducks grow very fast, and if they aren’t given the proper supplements when they’re young, their bodies will ...