News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Canada-based Adaptiiv Medical Technologies has confirmed the sale of $1.8M of its shares in an equity offering. The $3M offering, which now has around $1.2M left to be sold, made its first sale on June 21, 2019. Adaptiiv expects the offering to last no more than a year.
German metal 3D printer manufacturer SLM Solutions has announced it has entered into a partnership with Canwell Medical, a medical device manufacturer based in China.
Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, the company behind the first FDA approved 3D printed drug Spritam, has announced a partnership with Purdue University’s College of Pharmacy to advance the technology and science of 3D pharmaceutical printing. Their collaboration will focus on developing future 3D printed pharmaceutical equipment and medications.
Sciperio, the research arm of micro-3D printing equipment manufacturer nScrypt, has announced a collaborative project to manufacture on-demand transfusion-safe human blood using nScrypt’s SmartPump technology.
Swiss dental resin manufacturer Saremco Dental AG has released a new photopolymer resin for 3D printed permanent restorations such as crowns, inlays, onlays, and veneers. Prior to its release, the CROWNTEC resin was subjected to routine conformity assessment services and premarketing by global certification firm TÜV SÜD, a notified body according to the EU’s Medical Device Directive.
Leading sand and metal binder jet 3D printer manufacturer ExOne and the University of Pittsburgh are working together to develop reusable metal filters that fit into plastic respirator cartridges.
CLECELL, a Korean 3D bioprinting startup, has developed a respiratory epithelium model using its proprietary 3D bioprinting technology.
A research team from the US Air Force (UAF) has successfully produced a surgical retractor using 3D printing.
3D Sierra Leone, a dutch nonprofit organization, is providing customized 3D printed prostheses to patients in the West African country, with the support of SHINING 3D, a Hangzhou-headquartered 3D scanner and printer manufacturer.
A new collaboration between ERPRO Group, VIKTOR&ROLF, and L’Oréal is using Carbon‘s Digital Light Synthesis technology to produce an exclusive 3D printed bottle for the Flowerbomb perfume.