title: Printing Technologies for Medical Applications.
abstract: Over the past 15 years, printers have been increasingly utilized for biomedical applications in various areas of medicine and tissue engineering. This review discusses the current and future applications of 3D bioprinting. Several 3D printing tools with broad applications from surgical planning to 3D models are being created, such as liver replicas and intermediate splints. Numerous researchers are exploring this technique to pattern cells or fabricate several different tissues and organs, such as blood vessels or cardiac patches. Current investigations in bioprinting applications are yielding further advances. As one of the fastest areas of industry expansion, 3D additive manufacturing will change techniques across biomedical applications, from research and testing models to surgical planning, device manufacturing, and tissue or organ replacement.
authors: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors: Ashkan
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authors: Shafiee
authors: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Electronic address: aatala@wakehealth.edu.
authors: Anthony
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authors: Atala
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D062028:Bioprinting / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D066330:Printing, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds / Q000737:chemistry
keywords: cancer applications; drug delivery; organ printing; printed surgical planning model; tissue engineering