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AVINENT: focusing on the future of tailor-made medical solutions

AVINENT is a Spanish company, specialised for 60 years in the automotive and aeronautics sectors. In 2006, it decided to open its medical division, dedicated to implant development; 6 years later, it integrated additive manufacturing into its design process in…

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AVINENT is a Spanish company, specialised for 60 years in the automotive and aeronautics sectors. In 2006, it decided to open its medical division, dedicated to implant development; 6 years later, it integrated additive manufacturing into its design process in order to customise these medical devices. By adopting 3D technologies, the company is certainly focusing on the future of tailor-made medicine. We met Albert Giral, Managing Director of AVINENT Implant System, who told us about the challenges the medical sector is facing today, as well as the opportunities offered by 3D printing in this sector.

3DN: Can you tell us more about AVINENT and its developments in the medical sector?

Albert Giral, Managing Director

At AVINENT, we are developers and manufacturers of medical devices. Our core business is dental and medical care and we cover an important part of the solutions in this field, from implantology to the reconstruction of customised implants for cranio-maxillofacial (CMF) solutions. In recent years, we have developed new customised products for what we call Patient Specific Implants and our research focuses on this type of rehabilitation. With the same intensity, we continue to continuously improve everything related to new dental implants and CAD/CAM rehabilitation.

3DN: Why did you decide to integrate additive manufacturing into your development processes?

We have integrated additive manufacturing from the beginning. About 13 years ago, we were working with 3D printing and witnessed the evolution of this technology and its opportunities in the dental sector. We need 3D printing because many of our products are fully customised. We have capitalised on this knowledge to create new product lines. There are many types of 3D technologies and many manufacturing methods: we now know which one to use for each application. Thanks to all this know-how, we were able to launch our range of customised CMF medical solutions and quickly flood the market.