News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Medical technology company Cairn Surgical has secured ISO 13485:2016 certification for its Quality Management System for the Breast Cancer Locator (BCL) System, enabling the company to advance scaled production and accelerate broader commercialization efforts.
Western Australia has reached a significant national milestone in construction innovation with Contec Australia completing the country’s first multi-storey 3D printed concrete home. This project also marks the first of its kind in Perth. As WA’s only operational 3D concrete printing company, Contec Australia used mobile robotic technology to print the full structural walls of the Tapping home in just 18 hours of active printing time. The entire two-storey build, from the laying of the slab to final completion, was achieved in only five months.
In a major advancement for nuclear construction, the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), in partnership with Kairos Power and Barnard Construction, has developed and validated large-scale 3D-printed polymer composite forms. These are used to cast complex concrete structures for Kairos Power’s Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor, now under construction at their Oak Ridge campus.
Singaporean architecture firm Park + Associates (P+A) has achieved a first in the city-state with the completion of its QR3D prototype housing project. The build, which now houses P+A’s founder Lim Koon Park and his family, is the first multi-story 3D printed building in Singapore.
French non-profit organization My Human Kit is collaborating with Sculpteo, France-based digital manufacturing company and subsidiary of BASF, to design and manufacture an open-source bionic hand. The Bionicohand, conceived and developed by Nicolas Huchet—co-founder of My Human Kit and a forearm amputee—reflects the organization’s mission to create personalized, accessible, and sustainable prosthetics.
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A 3D printed patch designed to promote heart muscle regeneration is being developed by a bioengineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). This project aims to address a critical medical challenge by offering a potential new treatment option for heart attack survivors, whose damaged heart tissue currently lacks the ability to repair itself—often leading to serious, long-term health complications.
Health Canada, the federal regulatory authority, has approved U.S. medical device startup Nanochon’s clinical trial design, authorizing the launch of a first-in-human study for its 3D printed Chondrograft knee implant. The trial will assess the implant’s ability to repair damaged cartilage and reduce recovery times for patients with limited treatment options. This approval represents a significant step forward in validating Nanochon’s minimally invasive joint repair technology.