3D Printing For Biomedical DevicesHelping Healthcare Providers Improve Quality of LifeUsing the Essentium High Speed Extrusion (HSE™) 3D Printing Platform for prosthetics and orthotic devices yields best-in-class results that provide better patient outcomes through more precise fit, faster turnaround, and reduced cost. Orthopedic labs and clinics can conduct patient scanning and provide a finished product in days instead of weeks.Additionally, Essentium is proud to partner with Vorum, a leader in the development of prosthetics and orthotics CAD/CAM design technology, to replace traditional plaster-cast prosthetic molding with 3D printing. Essentium’s experience in this market can help improve your patients' quality of life through additive manufacturing.Key Applications Rapid-PrototypingFit braces and sockets to each patient's unique physiology for stability, durability, and comfort. End-Use PartsCreate custom orthotic devices with unique specifications and characteristics. Jigs & FixturesDesign, iterate and produce unique tools and surgical devices for new procedures or individual patients.HIGH SPEED EXTRUSION FOR BIOMEDICAL DEVICESEssentium's HSE 3D Printing Platform delivers unmatched freedom of design to create biomedical tools and orthoses with maximum precision and user comfort. Utilizing linear servo motors on an X-Y stage, 1G acceleration, and 1 m/sec movement speed, HSE 3D Printers eliminate wasted movement and allow clinicians and manufacturers to print faster and help more patients.Additionally, Essentium offers a wide range of filament materials featuring exceptional strength and impact resistance to make the medical innovations of tomorrow a reality today.Recommended Machines HSE 280i HT 3D PRINTERThe HSE 280i HT 3D Printer is versatile enough to print a single prosthetic device for an individual patient or multiple tools at once. READ MORE HSE 180•ST 3D PRINTERAt 500 mm/sec, the HSE 180•LT 3D Printer can print high volumes of clinical-grade orthoses, braces, helmets, and more. READ MORE Recommended Biomedical Materials ESSENTIUM PET-CFEssentium PET-CF is a 15% carbon fiber reinforced polyester filament made with Luvocom® 3F resin from Lehvoss.Find out more » Essentium PEEKEssentium PEEK is the highest performance material in our broad material portfolio.Find out more » Essentium TPU 74DEssentium TPU 74D is the highest durometer filament in our broad flexible portfolio.Find out more » Essentium PA-CFEssentium PA-CF is a carbon fiber-infused polyamide filament specially formulated for additive manufacturing. Essentium PA-CF provides exceptional strength, durability, thermal stability, and stiffness that is customary of carbon fiber materials, and is readily printable with a wide processing window, providing a highly accessible engineering-grade solution or open platform and even open-air printers. Find out more » Essentium TPU 74D – ZEssentium TPU 74D – Z is a high durometer filament in Essentium’s electrostatically dissipative (ESD) portfolio.Find out more » Essentium PCTG – ZEssentium PCTG – Z is specially formulated to be ESD safe. It is an easy-to-print material with significantly increased impact strength when compared to PETG.Find out more » Essentium PLA XTREssentium PLA XTR is specifically designed to solve many of the common issues plaguing current PLA offerings.Find out more » Essentium PCTGEssentium PCTG is an easy-to-use material with incredible surface finish, superior toughness, and chemical resistance – use it just like PETG.Find out more » Request A QuoteRequest a quote of Essentium's unique 3D printing technologies today. Request A Quote Essentium BlogsJuly 13, 2022July 13, 20223D Printed Prosthetic Devices: The Impact of Biocompatible MaterialsAdditive manufacturing (AM) technology and biocompatible materials can change how orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) clinicians help patients. These emerging advancements allow clinicians to craft devices faster and cheaper without sacrificing patient comfort and care. Read More July 6, 2022July 6, 2022Manufacturing Applications for 3D Printed Jigs & FixturesJigs and fixtures are the unsung heroes of the factory floor. They enable the consistency and repeatability needed to achieve mass production, guiding people and robots through precise manufacturing and assembly operations.This article discusses how Essentium’s HSE technology helped open the door to a growing number of production line applications for 3D printed jigs and […] Read More June 15, 2022July 13, 2022Printing Large Jigs and Fixtures in One PieceIn the mass manufacturing world, 3D printing is usually not used to make a finished piece. Rather, it is an enabling technology. Additive manufacturing is used to help other machines, robots and workers do their jobs better by creating lightweight yet durable jigs and fixtures that securely hold a tool or an unfinished part in […] Read More
ESSENTIUM PET-CFEssentium PET-CF is a 15% carbon fiber reinforced polyester filament made with Luvocom® 3F resin from Lehvoss.Find out more »
Essentium PEEKEssentium PEEK is the highest performance material in our broad material portfolio.Find out more »
Essentium TPU 74DEssentium TPU 74D is the highest durometer filament in our broad flexible portfolio.Find out more »
Essentium PA-CFEssentium PA-CF is a carbon fiber-infused polyamide filament specially formulated for additive manufacturing. Essentium PA-CF provides exceptional strength, durability, thermal stability, and stiffness that is customary of carbon fiber materials, and is readily printable with a wide processing window, providing a highly accessible engineering-grade solution or open platform and even open-air printers. Find out more »
Essentium TPU 74D – ZEssentium TPU 74D – Z is a high durometer filament in Essentium’s electrostatically dissipative (ESD) portfolio.Find out more »
Essentium PCTG – ZEssentium PCTG – Z is specially formulated to be ESD safe. It is an easy-to-print material with significantly increased impact strength when compared to PETG.Find out more »
Essentium PLA XTREssentium PLA XTR is specifically designed to solve many of the common issues plaguing current PLA offerings.Find out more »
Essentium PCTGEssentium PCTG is an easy-to-use material with incredible surface finish, superior toughness, and chemical resistance – use it just like PETG.Find out more »
July 13, 2022July 13, 20223D Printed Prosthetic Devices: The Impact of Biocompatible MaterialsAdditive manufacturing (AM) technology and biocompatible materials can change how orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) clinicians help patients. These emerging advancements allow clinicians to craft devices faster and cheaper without sacrificing patient comfort and care. Read More
July 6, 2022July 6, 2022Manufacturing Applications for 3D Printed Jigs & FixturesJigs and fixtures are the unsung heroes of the factory floor. They enable the consistency and repeatability needed to achieve mass production, guiding people and robots through precise manufacturing and assembly operations.This article discusses how Essentium’s HSE technology helped open the door to a growing number of production line applications for 3D printed jigs and […] Read More
June 15, 2022July 13, 2022Printing Large Jigs and Fixtures in One PieceIn the mass manufacturing world, 3D printing is usually not used to make a finished piece. Rather, it is an enabling technology. Additive manufacturing is used to help other machines, robots and workers do their jobs better by creating lightweight yet durable jigs and fixtures that securely hold a tool or an unfinished part in […] Read More
