April 9, 2015

Written by Walter Garrison, manager of innovation & scholarship
Featured on Canada Makes

A surgeon is about to perform a complex hip replacement procedure, fully confident in their ability to do so because of the true-to-life 3D printed practice models and surgical guides that they have used in preparation. The patient ends up with a custom hip replacement and very few if any post-surgical problems. This is not the distant future but is part of the impact of additive manufacturing on the medical field today. And Canadian companies and post-secondary institutions are significant players in this leading edge application of additive manufacturing (AM) technology. Read the full story.