3D printing has emerged as a transformative technology in healthcare in recent years. The number of U.S. hospitals with centralized 3D printing facilities for point-of-care manufacturing has exploded, from just three in 2010 to 113 in 2019. With 3D printers now capable of making objects measured in microns, or millionths of a meter, the technology has led to “new designs that before were impossible,” says Joseph DeSimone, professor of translational medicine and chemical engineering at Stanford University and co-founder of the digital manufacturing company Carbon. Healthcare institutions still…

View Entire Post