Open Access3D Micro‐Printing: A new Era for Med‐Tech Applications
Author(s) -
Steimle Alexander
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
laser technik journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1863-9119
pISSN - 1613-7728
DOI - 10.1002/latj.201800003
Subject(s) - 3d printing , transformative learning , variety (cybernetics) , manufacturing engineering , retinal vein , computer science , business , engineering , mechanical engineering , occlusion , medicine , artificial intelligence , sociology , pedagogy , cardiology
In recent years, 3D printing has attracted increasing attention in many industries. From bioprinting of living organs to engine and airplane components, a variety of 3D printing techniques are already in use today, mainly differentiated by the additive or sub‐tractive manufacturing approach. But what's the application potentiality in the med‐tech industry with regards to 3D printing at micro‐scale? And how innovative three‐dimensional thinking can tackle human diseases such as the retinal vein occlusion (RVO) and create transformative products?