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How Is a 3D-Printed Heart Model Created?

Sandrine Debecker
February 10, 2015
How Is a 3D-Printed Heart Model Created?

Nearly every week there’s a story in the news about how 3D Printing is revolutionizing personalized health care. 3D software and models can be used to explain a patient’s condition to families, assist in diagnosing complex pathologies, review surgical planning and even test a procedure before physicians enter the operating room. Four-year-old Adaenelie Gonzalez, sixteen-year-old Bradley White, and others have all been helped thanks to this novel technology.

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Saving a Newborn with 3D Printing

Liesbeth Kemel
November 28, 2014
Saving a Newborn with 3D Printing

Looks like this story hasn't made it to our blog yet! Read this amazing case of a newborn who was saved thanks to 3D Printing and the Mimics Innovation Suite software.

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Materialise Makes Its Way into National Geographic

Vanessa Palsenbarg
November 18, 2014
Materialise Makes Its Way into National Geographic

National Geographic’s yellow portrait frame is one of the most iconic logos around. The yellow frame surrounds some of the most amazing images possible to capture with a camera, with high-quality, beautiful photos that reveal the world around us and beyond. For this reason, many of us have grown up surrounded by stacks of National Geographic magazines, either at home or at the houses of family and friends, for generations. This is not just a magazine, it is part of our collective experience and memory.

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Benin Summer School Week 2: Female Role Models, Prosthetic Hands, Garde Malades

Jamie Milas, Pascale Notté
September 09, 2014
Benin Summer School Week 2: Female Role Models, Prosthetic Hands, Garde Malades

After an amazing first week of brainstorming with the students, we were happy to begin to really work on the projects with the selected 8 students. It was an incredibly busy week as we went around to cities all over Benin to conduct research, but very exciting to work on the details of the projects and to work with the students on developing their project management skills. The progress of each project and personal development of each student have advanced in just these first two weeks and we’re looking forward to seeing how the next two weeks will go. But let’s first give you an update about the Benin Summer School’s second week…

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7-Year-Old Joos Regains Functionality in His Arm

Stephanie Benoit
September 02, 2014
7-Year-Old Joos Regains Functionality in His Arm

7-year-old Joos fell on the playground at school leaving him with a double arm fracture. After his arm healed and the cast was removed, his arm was completely crooked and his arm was not functioning the way it should: suddenly he could not do some of his favorite things such as summersaults or handstands.

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At the Finish Line: Hear the World Runners at the Zurich Marathon

Elizabeth Boorman
April 10, 2014
At the Finish Line: Hear the World Runners at the Zurich Marathon

The results are in from the runners featured in last week’s blog post. The team we sponsored at the Zurich Marathon fundraising for non-profit Hear the World Foundation finished with a time of 3 hours and 43 minutes. Way to go, team!

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