Share on Pinterest 3D printing is now being used in a number of healthcare settings. mgstudyo/Getty Images Over the past few years, there has been increased interest in using 3D printing in healthcare ...

A team of researchers at the University of Minnesota have, for the first time, fully 3D printed an array of light receptors on a hemispherical surface. This discovery marks a significant step toward ...

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BALTIMORE — Scientists and engineers are 3D printing all types of objects these days, including eyes: A group of eye specialists and eye-care providers from the Netherlands has used 3D-printing ...

There are a variety of injuries and disease conditions that can result in the loss of an eye. Often, prosthetic eyes are made of glass painted to look like a natural eyeball. However, in the future ...

A patient has been fitted with a highly realistic 3D printed prosthetic eye for the first time ever, Fraunhofer Technology has announced. Patient Steve Verze received the high-tech version as a ...

When he was an assistant professor at Princeton University, Michael McAlpine led the development of a 3D-printed bionic ear. Now an associate professor at the University of Minnesota, he has gone on ...

3D-printed prosthetic eye tech to begin clinical trial in the UK By Ben Coxworth November 30, 2021 A close-up of the prosthesis implanted on Nov. 25th in the eye socket of Steve Verze, "the first ever ...

3D printing has been used to print a variety of objects — firearms, casts, limbs, food. One of the most recent uses falls into the more altruistic efforts, with researchers announcing they've ...

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If you damage your cornea, the odds of eventually getting a brand-new one may have just gone up. Researchers at the University of Newcastle in England report that they managed to replicate human ...

At the beginning of 2015, Ray Flynn couldn’t see a thing in front of him. The 80-year-old suffered from a common disease called dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which caused him to lose his ...