3D Printing for Healthcare
Patient-specific by definition. Healthcare is the one field where a batch size of one is the normal case, and that is exactly what additive is for.
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Where a batch of one is the normal case
Every patient is a different shape, so every patient-specific part is a production run of one. Conventional manufacturing is bad at that by construction; additive manufacturing does not care.
The route is already there — a CT or MRI series becomes a surface model, and that model becomes something a surgeon can hold, rotate and rehearse on before the theatre is booked. The same route makes the fixture that holds the device during a bench test.
What Healthcare Teams Print
Anatomical models
Surgical planning and rehearsal on the patient’s own geometry, not a textbook’s.
Patient education
A model in the consultation, which explains an operation better than any diagram.
Training aids
Repeatable practice geometry, printed as many times as the course needs it.
Device development
Housings, grips and mechanisms iterated in days between clinical reviews.
Lab fixtures
Racks, jigs and holders in PP, which shrugs off the chemistry.
Fluidic models
Clear SLA channels and chambers you can watch flow through.
Which Process for Which Part
| The part | Process & material | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Anatomical model | SLA · standard resin | Detail and finish for handling and photography |
| Transparent vessel model | SLA · clear resin | Polished to see the interior |
| Bone-analogue model | FDM · PLA or PETG | Cheap enough to cut, drill and discard |
| Device housing prototype | FDM · ABS or PC | Real polymer for a real bench test |
| Complex instrument body | SLS · Nylon 12 | Sterilisable geometry with no support crevices |
| Lab fixture | FDM · PP | Chemically inert and effectively waterproof |
What We Would Put On the Floor
Julia
Connected desktop printing for labs and classrooms — IoT, integrated camera, 60 µm resolution.
Snowflake
The reliable plug-and-play desktop machine — quality parts straight out of the box, up to 280 °C.
Apollo SLS
Production-grade laser sintering — nylon parts with no supports and full geometric freedom.
Twin Dragon
Independent dual extrusion to 600×600×400 mm — two materials, mirror and duplication modes.
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 healthcare
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.