A new study demonstrates proof-of-concept for combining computational design and simulation tools with 3D printing technology to produce self-expandable polymer stents that can grow with pediatric ...

Additive manufacturing of superelastic Nitinol (NiTi) braided metamaterials is demonstrated in this study, enabling the creation of a wide variety of concepts for ...

Researchers have demonstrated the 3-D printing of shape-shifting structures that can fold or unfold to reshape themselves when exposed to heat or electricity, an approach also known as '4-D printing.' ...

The team’s design borrows from textiles. In a braid, interlaced filaments slide past one another and change angle under load, so the structure can collapse and reopen without stressing any single ...

Additive manufacturing technology has been used to produce patient-specific heart-valve models. The research project led by the Complex Materials Group at ETH Zurich used medical-grade polysiloxanes ...

Ali Raza, an Engineering graduate student, studied the corrosion behavior of additively manufactured (AM) Cobalt Chrome (CoCr) in heart stents. Additive manufacturing is a process of 3D printing ...

Carbon, a Silicon Valley-based 3D manufacturing company, announced the release of Silicone (SIL 30), a soft, tear-resistant, biocompatible resin, opening up additive manufacturing applications for a ...

“Why aren’t you using additive manufacturing to make your medical devices?” Scott Taylor, Chief Technology Officer at Poly-Med Inc. (Anderson, SC), a supplier of bioresorbable polymers, posed that ...

Comprised of biocompatible metal or biodegradable polymers, stents bear a complex geometry, enabling them to act as effective scaffolds. As they must be able to push against the internal walls of the ...