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 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-CFPA-CF provides strong, durable, and heat-resistant prints. BASF formulated, Essentium produced.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 BlogsJanuary 19, 2022January 25, 20227 Material Improvements Needed for Large-Scale Adoption of 3D PrintingEssentium recently sponsored its fourth annual Trends in 3D Printing at Scale Report, which surveyed more than 160 managers and executives with responsibility for additive manufacturing (AM) at scale. Participants were asked questions related to the present and future use of industrial 3D printing and their opinions on outcomes. Among these questions, participants were asked which obstacles […] Read More November 8, 2021January 17, 2022Essentium Formnext 2021 Event ScheduleWe are excited to announce that Essentium will be attending Formnext November 16-19, 2021, in Frankfurt, Germany. As the leading industry platform for additive manufacturing and industrial 3D printing, Formnext is the international meeting point for the next generation of intelligent industrial production. We personally invite you to stop by booth Hall 12.1, Booth D41 and […] Read More November 3, 2021January 17, 2022Large-Scale 3D Printing Hits the Big Time with EssentiumLarge-scale 3D printing uses additive manufacturing (AM) to create large parts and tools used in the manufacturing process. The Essentium HSE 3D Printer is an industrial-grade AM system capable of printing large parts and tools in any quantity in one piece. Read 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-CFPA-CF provides strong, durable, and heat-resistant prints. BASF formulated, Essentium produced.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 »
January 19, 2022January 25, 20227 Material Improvements Needed for Large-Scale Adoption of 3D PrintingEssentium recently sponsored its fourth annual Trends in 3D Printing at Scale Report, which surveyed more than 160 managers and executives with responsibility for additive manufacturing (AM) at scale. Participants were asked questions related to the present and future use of industrial 3D printing and their opinions on outcomes. Among these questions, participants were asked which obstacles […] Read More
November 8, 2021January 17, 2022Essentium Formnext 2021 Event ScheduleWe are excited to announce that Essentium will be attending Formnext November 16-19, 2021, in Frankfurt, Germany. As the leading industry platform for additive manufacturing and industrial 3D printing, Formnext is the international meeting point for the next generation of intelligent industrial production. We personally invite you to stop by booth Hall 12.1, Booth D41 and […] Read More
November 3, 2021January 17, 2022Large-Scale 3D Printing Hits the Big Time with EssentiumLarge-scale 3D printing uses additive manufacturing (AM) to create large parts and tools used in the manufacturing process. The Essentium HSE 3D Printer is an industrial-grade AM system capable of printing large parts and tools in any quantity in one piece. Read More
