medical 3d printing in Puerto Rico

3D-Bioplotter® Manufacturer Series in Puerto Rico

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3D-Bioplotter® Manufacturer Series

The 3D-Bioplotter® System is a versatile Rapid Prototyping tool for processing a great variety of biomaterials for Computer Aided Tissue Engineering (CATE), from 3D CAD models and patient CT data to the physical 3D scaffold with a designed and defined outer form and an open inner structure.

The 3D-Bioplotter® Manufacturer Series offers:

  • Built-in camera to enhance needle calibration and to ensure consistent prints
  • Temperature controlled build platform and sensor ports. This allows greater material variety and finely tuned environments for low tolerance scaffolding.
  • Five cartridges slots for more materials in a single print.

Features:

  • 5 different cartridges can be used during the
    same build job
  • 1x Low and 1x High Temperature Head
  • Particle and sterile filters
  • Needle position control via high resolution
    camera
  • Heating and cooling capabilities on building
    platform
  • 4 external temperature sensor ports
  • Semi automatic material calibration
  • Automatic z-height controlling system for changeable platform add-ons, e.g. petri dishes
  • PC with machine control software
  • Automated nozzle cleaning process

Machine Specifications*

  • Axis Resolution: (XYZ) – 0.001mm (.00004″)
  • Speed: 0.1 – 150 mm/s (0.004” – 5.91”/s)
  • Build Volume (XYZ): 150 x 150 x 140 mm (5.91” x 5.91” x 5.51”)
  • Minimum Strand Diameter: 0.100 mm (0.004”) – Material Dependent

*Specifications subject to change without notification

System Properties

  • Footprint (L x W x H): 38.4” x 24.5” x 30.4” (976 x 623 x 773 mm)
  • Weight: 286.6 lb (130 kg)
  • Electrical Requirements: 100-240 V AC, F 50/60Hz

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3D-Bioplotter® Developer Series in Puerto Rico

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3D-Bioplotter® Developer Series

The 3D-Bioplotter® System is a versatile Rapid Prototyping tool for processing a great variety of biomaterials for Computer Aided Tissue Engineering (CATE), from 3D CAD models and patient CT data to the physical 3D scaffold with a designed and defined outer form and an open inner structure. The 3D-Bioplotter® Developer Series is the ideal choice for creating scaffolds that do not require a temperature controlled platform for construction.

Features:

  • 3 different cartridges can be used during the same build job
  • 1x Low Temperature Head
  • Particle filter only
  • Needle position control via photo sensor
  • Automatic z-height controlling system for changeable platform add-ons, e.g. petri dishes
  • PC with machine control software
  • Automated nozzle cleaning process

Machine Specifications*

  • Axis Resolution: (XYZ) – 0.001mm (.00004″)
  • Speed: 0.1 – 150 mm/s (0.004” – 5.91”/s)
  • Build Volume (XYZ): 150 x 150 x 140 mm (5.91” x 5.91” x 5.51”)
  • Minimum Strand Diameter: 0.100 mm (0.004”) – Material Dependent
  • *Specifications are subject to change without notice

*Specifications subject to change without notification

System Properties

  • Footprint (L x W x H): 38.4” x 24.5” x 30.4” (976 x 623 x 773 mm)
  • Weight: 286.6 lb (130 kg)
  • Electrical Requirements: 100-240 V AC, F 50/60Hz

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EnvisionTEC’s 3D Bioplotter® Family

The 3D-Bioplotter® System is a suitable 3D Bioprinter for processing a great variety of biomaterials within the process of Computer Aided Tissue Engineering from 3D CAD models and patient CT data to the physical 3D scaffold with a designed and defined outer form and an open inner structure.

Tissue Engineering and Controlled Drug Release require 3D scaffolds with well defined external and internal structures. The 3D-Bioplotter® has the capacity of fabricating scaffolds using the widest range of materials of any singular Rapid Prototyping machine, from soft hydrogels over polymer melts up to hard ceramics and metals. The 3D-Bioplotter® is specially designed for work in sterile environments in a laminar flowbox, a requirement of Biofabrication, for example when using alginate cell suspensions for scaffold construction. In contrast to other Rapid Prototyping techniques, the 3D-Bioplotter® uses a very simple and straightforward technology, invented and developed at the Freiburg Materials Research Centre in Germany.

The 3D-Bioplotter® Bioprinter Comes in Two Versions

3D-Bioplotter® Developer Series

3D-Bioplotter® Manufacturer Series

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Benefits of Using 3D Printed Medical Models for Preoperative Planning

Life Sized medical replica of heart

Medical Models are now available in Puerto Rico solely though Rich Port 3D Solutions. Medical Models are anatomically correct patient customized replicas of a patients diseased organs or bones. Here are several examples of the use of medical models or replicas in preoperative planning:

  • At Cardiff Metropolitan University at Cardiff Wales, a patient had a tumor that was invading the orbit, the cavity in the skull where the eye and its appendages are located. This tumor was applying pressure to the optic nerve and endangering the patient’s sight. The surgeons used medical models of the patient’s cranium to map out the margins of the area where they would excise the tumor. A 3D virtual model of the patient was then used to design surgical cutting templates that would be used to map out their surgical procedure.
  • At Washington University, cardiologist Dr Peter Manning  used a replica of a 20 year old’s heart for preoperative planning in a successful procedure to relocate heart vessels which were constricting and compressing his windpipe and esophagus. In addition the 3D printed model of the child’s heart was used to explain the procedure to his parents.
  • A woman born with a reversed heart is to get a new pacemaker in a procedure that is being planned with a medical replica of her heart by Dr. Stephan Seslar. at the Seattle Children’s Hospital and University of Washington Medical Center. The pacemaker requires a wire being inserted into the back of the heart to assist with the heart’s impulses and timing. The area surrounding the anatomy of this patient’s heart is not clear but the medical replica is helping the surgeons plan the point of incision and pacemaker placement.
  • For a complex operation on the pelvis of a patient, at the Hospital Dahme-Spreewald, in Germany, the 3D replica was used to decide if the operation was possible. The fact that there is an exact replica or life size model of the pelvis made it possible to adjust the implants prior to surgery.

In summary surgeons have been finding medical replicas an important tool for preoperative planning. Medical replicas or models pay for themselves because of the saving in operating room costs and decreased recovery time for the patient.

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Dr Jenny Carrero has an extensive technical background. She received her PHD in Biophyisics from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana where she worked with lasers, spectrometers, confocal microscopes etc. She is an authority on 3D printing for industrial and consumer use in Puerto Rico.