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Behind the Scenes: The Workflow of the Engineer Who Recreated Ötzi in 3D

Stephanie Benoit
February 25, 2016
Behind the Scenes: The Workflow of the Engineer Who Recreated Ötzi in 3D

After years of lobbying, the DNA Learning Center in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, finally gained permission to recreate the world’s only 3D copy of Ötzi, the mummified ‘Iceman’ discovered in the Tyrolean Alps by a pair of hikers in 1991. Renowned paleo artist Gary Staab reached out to Materialise to make the project a reality, and worked closely with Eric Renteria, our very own application engineer. Here is a detailed report of how he recreated a life-sized model of the world-famous Iceman.

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6 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Getting Started with 3D Printing in Your Hospital (part 1)

Todd Pietila
February 23, 2016
6 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Getting Started with 3D Printing in Your Hospital (part 1)

Over the past 20 years, 3D Printing has emerged as a disruptive technology in the healthcare field — it’s been used to create custom devices and instruments, plan complex medical procedures, and to better train future medical professionals. As the accessibility to the technology increases, hospitals are beginning to adopt 3D Printing programs within their own institutions, aiming to reduce lead times for 3D-printed models and to build knowledge internally. But along with the tremendous potential of 3D Printing, there are also significant challenges to its widespread adoption. Where should you start? Here are the questions you need to answer while you consider getting started with 3D Printing in your hospital.

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The Iceman Cometh: Ötzi Reborn on a 3D Printer

Radhika Dhuru
February 18, 2016
The Iceman Cometh: Ötzi Reborn on a 3D Printer

Five thousand years after he was murdered on a Tyrolean Alpine peak, Ötzi rose from liquid resin on a Mammoth stereolithography 3D printer at Materialise — or rather, his 3D-printed twin did. An interdisciplinary team, comprising scientists, archeologists and historians, turned to Materialise to create the first 3D-printed replica of Ötzi’s mummified body in aid of research. Watch the whole process of 3D printing a mummy here!

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How Do You Design and Realize a Customized 3D-Printed Hand?

Ayishwariya Menon
February 18, 2016
How Do You Design and Realize a Customized 3D-Printed Hand?

We had the opportunity here at Materialise Malaysia to start off 2016 by living up to the Materialise motto: working towards a better and healthier world. With the help of some talented and generous people, I was able to make a real difference in a wonderful little boy’s life, with a 3D-printed hand. But between the original inspiration to do this, and the final, happy, day when Padmaloshn tried on his new hand for the first time, lay months of dedicated effort by various people. This is how we created Padmaloshn’s new 3D-printed hand.

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How Visualizing a Renal Mass in 3D Can Support Informed Consent

Liesbeth Kemel
February 09, 2016
How Visualizing a Renal Mass in 3D Can Support Informed Consent

A 47-year-old woman in West Palm Beach, Florida, needed to undergo a nephrectomy to remove a renal mass. The urologist working on her case requested a 3D-printed model of the patient’s kidney to better understand the mass anatomy with respect to the renal hilum.

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How Effective Are 3D-Printed Models When Preparing for Surgery?

Sandrine Debecker
February 04, 2016
How Effective Are 3D-Printed Models When Preparing for Surgery?

3D-printed models of cardiovascular anatomy can be used to improve planning, education and training, but how effective are these models when preparing for surgery? Laszlo Kiraly, PhD, pediatric cardiac surgeon at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, United Arab Emirates, and his team have recently published a case report in the Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery journal about the benefits of 3D-printed anatomical replicas.

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Can 3D-Printed Models Enhance Patient Communication?

Sandrine Debecker
January 14, 2016
Can 3D-Printed Models Enhance Patient Communication?

A research team from the Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London and the Cardiorespiratory Division of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London performed a study on the feasibility of using 3D-printed models in clinical practice.

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Phoenix Children’s Hospital Runs 3D Printing Project for Patients

Liesbeth Kemel
July 27, 2015
Phoenix Children’s Hospital Runs 3D Printing Project for Patients

Thanks to major efforts from the Patient and Family Alumni Leadership fundraising group (PALs), Phoenix Children’s Hospital is now 3D printing models for patients as a souvenir of their troublesome medical past, either to cherish as a memento or destroy as a way of coping.

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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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