Technological advances in 3D printing and Healthcare have lead to Miller 3D partnering with medical professionals to improve how we perform healthcare.
In the last decade, there have been remarkable advancements in healthcare resulting in longer lifespans, a decrease in mortality rates, and drastic improvement in surgical operations. While healthcare breakthroughs are deservingly attributed to the brilliant minds in the healthcare profession, 3D printing has also played a significant role in improving and advancing the practice of medicine.
Miller 3D is transforming how we provide and perform healthcare, providing the industry’s most innovative 3d printing systems to medical professionals in the industry.
Local medical schools, more specifically, the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB), are using 3D printers for educational purposes, patient communication, surgical planning and research. The endless applications are a large step in the right direction to improve healthcare.
Matt Jones, Manager at Miller 3D agrees, “Because a CT scan of the internal body can be converted to a 3D printable object students can learn in far greater detail how anatomy works and therefore have a deeper understanding of actual medical practice.“
3D printing human parts supplies professionals with an opportunity to practice surgery with greater accuracy while gaining valuable experience in a controlled environment.
Additionally, students have access to tangible, accurate replicas of patients organs that are experiencing a disorder and disease, and are now able to interact with the “body parts” through a hands-on experience. 3D printing will continue to provide a critical service to medical professionals.
In addition to medical campuses making the most of the 3D printing Miller 3D provides, personalized parts that are produced from 3d printing machines have life-saving ramifications. For example, if a patient has suffered an abdominal aortic aneurysm — swelling of the major blood vessel away from the heart through your abdomen to the rest of the body — it is imperative to monitor blood flow and recognize internal damage.
By the same token, Miller 3D recently 3D printed a heart with the ProJet MJP 2500 and it displays exceptional detail. An important characteristic when it comes to practicing medicine because medical personnel rely on the model’s accuracy to properly treat patients.
“The fact that a heart for example can be printed in various cross sections will give medical personnel in depth look of a patient before any surgery is required. Matt adds, “This also holds true on surgical planning where lifelike textures can be 3D printed and practice surgical procedures can be performed.”
Using CT scans, personalized organs and blood vessels printed by Miller 3D are converted into a latex material to simulate the patient’s body to reflect the real-life situations that doctors face. Furthermore, 3D printing has aided doctors and better prepared them for an operation that can save someone’s life.
About Miller 3D
Miller 3D Printing is a division of AW Miller, a leader in machine tool technology solutions and the exclusive distributor in Pennsylvania and New York for Mazak Corporation, the largest machine tool builder in the world.
Today, Miller 3D Printing is at the forefront of this revolutionary technology, helping customers internationally to benefit from all the advantages of 3D printing. The company recognized early on that new 3D printing technologies were the perfect complement to the metalworking and manufacturing solutions it has offered for more than 40 years.
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