25-Mar-2021 | Market Research Store
A novel 3D printing approach can imitate a human hand in just 19 Minutes, whereas conventional 3D printing techniques take almost a quarter of a day to complete that task. This innovative 3D printing technology will play an imperative role in tissue and organ transplant in the forthcoming years.
As per the statement given by the team of researchers, the printing device submerges into a shallow container filled with mucus-like semisolid material and in a matter of minutes, the viscous matter transforms into a life-sized hand replica. The rapid 3D printing device, along with unwavering support of biotechnology, can prevent countless ill-fated mortalities owing to the shortage of organ donors.
Ruogang Zhao, Associate Professor in University at Buffalo’s Biomedical Engineering department, told that the technology his team hadrecently developed is highly efficient and operates ten to fifty-fold faster than the conventional method. Moreover, the new device can handle large-sized samples with ease, which seems to be quite difficult to process using traditional techniques.
This novel printing tool follows an advanced 3D printing approach known as stereolithography, and the raw material being processed by the device is a hydrogel, which is a gelatinous material used to manufacture contact lenses, diapers, and soft frameworks for tissue engineering purposes.Creating a framework is the foundation of 3D printing and the tissue engineering branch solely relies upon over the same. The major goal of the research team is to optimize the printing device in such a way that it operates at incredible speeds with negligible errors.
Scientists articulated that this approach is appropriate for imitating tissues stuffed with blood capillaries. They are anticipating that this nascent approach would be the core of in-vitro production of counterfeit human tissues and organs. Alongside, the team is planning to commercialize its unconventional 3D printing technology, for which the scientists have already filed for a provisional patent.