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The marketing of the first 3D printed eye has begun

The Severance Hospital belonging to the Yonsei University (YUHS), in South Korea, has announced that after more than three years of research they are preparing to market the first 3D printed eye, an eye prosthesis that will help hundreds and thousands…

3D Printed Eye
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The Severance Hospital belonging to the Yonsei University (YUHS), in South Korea, has announced that after more than three years of research they are preparing to market the first 3D printed eye, an eye prosthesis that will help hundreds and thousands of patients.

This comes as the market for 3D printing is growing within the medical sector. Across all fields from general research into innovative surgical technologies all the way to specific subjects such as Orthopediatrics. 3D printing is providing new methods and solutions newer before possible in the medical sector.

DLP technology to create an artificial eye

eye printed in 3D

Professor Yoon Jin-sook

Over a year back, the first 3D printed eye prosthesis developed by the University of Leuven in Belgium was unveiled , but no mention had been made of its commercialisation. Therefore, to respond to the patient demands, making up more than 60,000 people in Korea alone, the Severance Hospital decided to get down to business.