When you hear about new medical devices, devices that can improve one’s quality of life while helping to increase adherence to medication treatment you often picture such devices being developed in a clean room environment at one of the major medical manufacturing facilities’ research and development division. In this instance, that isn’t the case. Plastics Today published an article earlier this
3D Printing Utilized for Skull Implant
A few weeks back we shared an article that showed the increased application 3D printing is having within the medical community, fabricating a custom made bronchi support structure for a newborn. There appears to be no limit to the fabrication of 3D printed items as NBC News reports of a success skull implant procedure. The patient, a woman in the
3D Printing Saving Lives
We enjoy sharing articles we find that pertain to advancements in the medical industry plastics is contributing to. Usually these articles involve using plastics in mass production of a new prosthetic or other medical device to improve quality of life but in rare instances plastics actually saves a life. In this amazing article published by Plastics Today a child was
Diabetes & Medical Plastics: Focus of Medical Device Development
Earlier this week we featured an article that spoke to the use of medical plastics and injection molding to create sensors that would help surgeons properly align the knee in a knee replacement surgery. Another area of focus that plastics is playing a large role is in the advancement of device development for diabetes. There have been numerous patents recently
