3D Printing Biomedical Solutions Helping Healthcare Providers Improve Quality of Life Perhaps the most exciting — and compassionate — 3D printing biomedical application is helping the healthcare industry improve patients' quality of life. That may be through the design and production of unique surgical tools and guides to perform next-generation medical procedures, or the printing of customized ex vivo prosthetic limbs, orthotic devices and braces to return mobility and empower people affected by accident, disease or disaster. In either case, the Essentium HSE 180•LT 3D Printing Platform delivers unmatched freedom of design to create biomedical tools and orthoses with maximum precision and user comfort. Essentium offers a wide range of filament materials featuring exceptional strength and impact resistance to make the medical innovations of tomorrow a reality today. Key Applications Biomedical Devices Create braces and sockets mapped to each patient's unique physiology to attach prosthetic devices with the most stability, durability and comfort. Orthotic Devices Create custom orthotic devices with unique specifications and characteristics for the healthcare, sports and workwear markets. Jigs & Fixtures Design, iterate and produce unique tools and surgical devices for new procedures or individual patients. The HSE 180•LT 3D Printer Essentium's High Speed Extrusion (HSE) 3D Printer is designed for industrial production and performs to the level required in the most demanding manufacturing environments. Offering class-leading print speeds greater than 500 mm/second by utilizing a non-slip, high torque extrusion system and an all linear servo motor X-Y stage, the Essentium HSE 180•LT Series is the right solution for your application. The HSE 180•LT 3D Printer offers a wide range of high impact resistant materials including nylon carbon fiber filaments that are ideally suited for biomedical applications. Recommended Biomedical Materials Essentium PEEK Essentium PEEK is the highest performance material in our broad material portfolio. Find out more » Essentium TPU 74D Essentium TPU 74D is the highest durometer filament in our broad flexible portfolio. Find out more » Essentium PA-CF PA-CF provides strong, durable, and heat-resistant prints. BASF formulated, Essentium produced. Find out more » Essentium TPU 74D – Z Essentium TPU 74D – Z is a high durometer filament in Essentium’s electrostatically dissipative (ESD) portfolio. Find out more » Essentium PCTG – Z Essentium 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 XTR Essentium PLA XTR is specifically designed to solve many of the common issues plaguing current PLA offerings. Find out more » Essentium PCTG Essentium PCTG is an easy-to-use material with incredible surface finish, superior toughness, and chemical resistance – use it just like PETG. Find out more » Why Essentium? Essentium has partnered 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. The co-development of an end-to-end process from patient scanning to the finished production of superior quality prosthetics and orthotic devices yields best-in-class results. As such, healthcare providers, orthopedic labs and clinics are able to do in minutes or hours what used to take days or weeks: provide better patient outcomes through more precise fit, faster turnaround and reduced cost. The Essentium HSE 180•LT 3D Printer is versatile enough to print a single prosthetic device for an individual patient, or to print high volumes of clinical-grade orthoses, braces, helmets and more. Leverage our experience in this compelling market to help improve your patients' quality of life through additive manufacturing. Request a Quote Request a quote of Essentium's unique 3D printing technologies today Request A Quote Essentium Blogs October 21, 2021 Transport With Confidence: 3D Printed Custom Inserts for Sensitive Equipment These days, nearly every military operation requires the support of sensitive gear that must arrive on site in pristine condition. Examples include radar tracking equipment, unmanned drones and controllers, munitions and detonation devices, armament inspection tools, telecommunications systems, and many others. Read More October 12, 2021 3D Printed Production Parts: Solving for QMS is Possible with the Essentium HSE 3D Printing Platform Additive manufacturing (AM) was initially viewed as a prototyping technology — a very creative and cost-effective means for product engineers to experiment with various sizes, shapes, and types of materials. It was a great tool for innovation, but most early 3D printers lacked the speed, size, and accuracy required to 3D print production parts at […] Read More September 30, 2021October 5, 2021 Developing for Extreme Conditions: 3D Printed Traction Cleats for Military Boots Join the United States Armed Forces (any branch) and part of the provided uniform is one pair of standard-issue combat boots. Designed for dry conditions, the boots’ composite rubber soles provide adequate footing for walking on concrete, asphalt, and packed dirt, but not so much when the terrain is covered in mud, slush, snow, or ice. Read More
Essentium PEEK Essentium PEEK is the highest performance material in our broad material portfolio. Find out more »
Essentium TPU 74D Essentium TPU 74D is the highest durometer filament in our broad flexible portfolio. Find out more »
Essentium PA-CF PA-CF provides strong, durable, and heat-resistant prints. BASF formulated, Essentium produced. Find out more »
Essentium TPU 74D – Z Essentium TPU 74D – Z is a high durometer filament in Essentium’s electrostatically dissipative (ESD) portfolio. Find out more »
Essentium PCTG – Z Essentium 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 XTR Essentium PLA XTR is specifically designed to solve many of the common issues plaguing current PLA offerings. Find out more »
Essentium PCTG Essentium PCTG is an easy-to-use material with incredible surface finish, superior toughness, and chemical resistance – use it just like PETG. Find out more »
October 21, 2021 Transport With Confidence: 3D Printed Custom Inserts for Sensitive Equipment These days, nearly every military operation requires the support of sensitive gear that must arrive on site in pristine condition. Examples include radar tracking equipment, unmanned drones and controllers, munitions and detonation devices, armament inspection tools, telecommunications systems, and many others. Read More
October 12, 2021 3D Printed Production Parts: Solving for QMS is Possible with the Essentium HSE 3D Printing Platform Additive manufacturing (AM) was initially viewed as a prototyping technology — a very creative and cost-effective means for product engineers to experiment with various sizes, shapes, and types of materials. It was a great tool for innovation, but most early 3D printers lacked the speed, size, and accuracy required to 3D print production parts at […] Read More
September 30, 2021October 5, 2021 Developing for Extreme Conditions: 3D Printed Traction Cleats for Military Boots Join the United States Armed Forces (any branch) and part of the provided uniform is one pair of standard-issue combat boots. Designed for dry conditions, the boots’ composite rubber soles provide adequate footing for walking on concrete, asphalt, and packed dirt, but not so much when the terrain is covered in mud, slush, snow, or ice. Read More
