Open AccessThe history of 3D printing in healthcare
Author(s) -
Matthew Whitaker
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bulletin of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1478-7075
pISSN - 1473-6357
DOI - 10.1308/147363514x13990346756481
Subject(s) - stereolithography , 3d printing , 3d printer , engineering drawing , hull , three dimensional printing , computer science , operations management , visual arts , art , engineering , mechanical engineering , marine engineering
On 8 August 1984, Charles W ‘Chuck’ Hull filed US patent number US4575330 A, for Apparatus for production of three-dimensional objects by stereolithography. 1 Chuck’s apparatus was, in effect, the world’s first 3D printer.