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The University of Florida 3D prints medical device implants using silicone
The University of Florida (UF) is making headlines again today for their latest developments in 3D printed medical device implants. Created at UF, this new advancement boasts “quicker implantation of devices that are stronger, less expensive, more flexible and more comfortable&he
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The University of Florida (UF) is making headlines again today for their latest developments in 3D printed medical device implants. Created at UF, this new advancement boasts “quicker implantation of devices that are stronger, less expensive, more flexible and more comfortable than anything currently available.”
This development in medical device implants is thanks to a project under Thomas Angelini, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace and his team of fellow UF researchers. For the last several years, Angelini and his time have been working on a project on printable organs and tissues. But, it was only a discovery made two years ago in manufacturing soft materials using 3D printing and miscroscopic hydrogel particles, that they were able to make the headway need to have the results that they are seeing today.
The printing process in action
This unique method directly manipulates liquid silicone rather than using injection molding to create a specific shape. In order to accomplish this, the team of researchers 3D printed the silicone into a supporting material that is similar to that of a jelly-type block; an idea that came about during the team’s ongoing research on tissue engineering.
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