Medical 3D printing
Elimold offers a comprehensive portfolio of 3D printers and materials to meet the needs of medical device manufacturers from prototyping to tooling to production. Elimold end-to-end solutions enable you to quickly iterate, validate, validate and manufacture with the speed and reliability you expect from award-winning technology.
3D printing empowers healthcare
Delivering patient-specific solutions, better education and faster time to market. Our solutions accelerate product development, streamline workflow, improve surgical planning and enrich learning. Elimold additive technologies and materials enhance personalized healthcare and medical education, accelerate clinical research and drive innovative manufacturing applications.
Our end-to-end medical 3D printing solutions enable the rapid and flexible production of medical fixtures, surgical aids and lifelike anatomical models with unparalleled biomechanical precision to enhance and improve patient care.
How our 3D printing services support the medical device industry
Digital manufacturing delivers the speed and precision needed for prototyping and producing medical components. Our diverse 3D printing technologies support customers in the medical industry through:
- Design for Manufacturability (DFM) feedback for every quote
- Ability to 3D print small, complex and complex part geometries
- Ability to rapidly prototype using a variety of production-grade materials (high-temperature plastics, thermoplastics, and elastomers)
- Quality certification: ISO 9001:2015
- Post-processing options, such as heat treatment, to improve mechanical properties
Manufacturing and assembly design
Elimold recognized the importance of creating a device that worked both from a functional and manufacturing perspective. That’s why, in addition to building products for preclinical and clinical needs, we also support concept development builds.
Our goal is to turn around a functional prototype as quickly as possible. Our in-house rapid prototyping capabilities help us achieve this.
Throughout the project phase, we apply design for manufacturing (DFM) techniques and provide advice and support for design changes. By implementing these changes during the design phase, we can meet your target manufacturing costs. DFM also has the following advantages:
- Provide higher quality products
- Develop reliable manufacturing processes
- Simplify the assembly process
- Comply with regulatory requirements
- Accelerate time to market
Additive Manufacturing Benefits for Healthcare
Medical Device Innovation
Accelerate medical innovation with advanced rapid prototyping. Complete more revisions in less time, and reduce time to verification and validation.
Personalized Patient Care
Optimize therapy and improve the chances of success with patient-derived surgical pre-planning models.
High-Strength and Biocompatible Materials
3D printing offers a wide range of high-strength and biocompatible materials to maximize efficiency and customize medical tools and devices like never before.
The best choice for advanced medical 3D printing materials
You can choose from our wide range of proprietary materials, certified third-party materials from top manufacturers, or try any unproven 405nm photopolymer resin with an open materials license. Our materials library contains more than 45 materials, including a variety of biocompatible formulations and high-precision, durable materials for medical device manufacturing to drive innovation in 3D printing medical applications. Elimold biomedical and medical device resins are designed and manufactured within our strong quality management system, which is ISO 13485 and EU MDR certified in our FDA-certified facility.
Plastics
- ABS-like White, Translucent/ Clear, Gray, and Black. These durable, yet flexible material options offer the tightest tolerances available for any of the 3D printing technologies.
- Functionally Clear PC-Like and ABS-Like. Accura 60 and Watershed XC11122 are two materials that can be custom finished for functional clarity.
- Silicone. This material offers excellent detail, high temperature and wear resistance, and has passed biocompatibility testing, making it an ideal option for medical devices like seals, gaskets, and customized devices.
Metals
- Stainless Steel (316L or 17-4 PH). These corrosion-resistant metals also offer high heat tolerance, corrosion resistance, and a high tensile strength.
- Titanium. This workhouse alloy offers high strength, making it a great fit for medical components and instruments.
Medical applications of 3D printing
3D printing has revolutionized the way surgeons and other interventionalists perform complex procedures. Instead of imagining a surgical procedure, doctors and patients can hold an accurate 3D model of the disease in their hands. This could be a diseased heart valve, a tumor in the abdomen or prostate, or an injury to the face. 3D printing allows for practice before surgery, shortening the procedure and recovery time.
- Custom fixtures
- Surgical instruments
- Surgical guides
- Prosthetic components
- Wearables
- Electronic enclosures
- Cartridges
- Functionally clear parts
- Robotic arms
- Handheld devices
- Microfluidics
Achieve better outcomes with patient-tailored solutions
Utilizing 3D patient-specific models for surgical planning can improve clinical outcomes and positively impact surgical economics, resulting in significant cost savings and financial advantages for hospitals. 3D printing can help reduce hospital costs, improve operational efficiency and create new revenue streams. Ready to Get Started?Get an Instant 3D Printing Quote.