3D Printing for Medical
Device development moves at the speed of the slowest prototype. Additive removes tooling from that path and puts documentation back into it.
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Medical device development is a long series of small builds — a housing, a grip, a fixture for a bench test, then the same three again with one dimension changed. Tooling any of them is money spent on a design that is about to change.
What additive has to add for this sector is not speed, it is evidence. Material batch recorded, process parameters logged, dimensions measured against the drawing and a first-article report issued with the parts — so the part that passed can be reproduced deliberately.
What Medical Teams Print
Instrument housings
Iterated in days, in the polymer the production part will use.
Bench-test fixtures
The rig that holds the device while it is proven.
Patient-specific parts
Made to one anatomy, which is a batch size additive is built for.
Sterilisable geometry
Nylon and polycarbonate parts with no support crevices to trap anything.
Clinical batches
Ten to a thousand on MJF, with consistent properties across the run.
Documented inspection
Dimensional report and deviation map issued with the parts.
Which Process for Which Part
| The part | Process & material | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Housing prototype | FDM · ABS or PC | Real polymer for a real bench test |
| Complex instrument body | SLS · Nylon 12 | No supports, so no crevices |
| Clinical batch | HP MJF · Nylon 12 | Repeatable across the run, dyed black |
| High-detail component | SLA · resin | Finish and detail for fit and photography |
| Chemically exposed part | FDM · PP | Inert and effectively waterproof |
| Patient-specific fixture | SLS or SLA | One-off geometry with no tooling |
What We Would Put On the Floor
Apollo SLS
Production-grade laser sintering — nylon parts with no supports and full geometric freedom.
Volterra
450 °C hotend and a 90 °C heated chamber for the toughest engineering polymers.
Twin Dragon
Independent dual extrusion to 600×600×400 mm — two materials, mirror and duplication modes.
Julia
Connected desktop printing for labs and classrooms — IoT, integrated camera, 60 µm resolution.
Material Dryer (MDS1)
Keeps hygroscopic filament print-ready, so the material stops being the variable.
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Vacuum Casting
Moulded-looking parts in colour, without a steel tool.
Finishing & Assembly
Sanded, painted, inserted and assembled before it ships.
Put additive to work in medical
Tell us the part, the quantity and what it has to survive. We will tell you whether to print it, cast it or machine it — and what that costs.