Medical device manufacturer Niagara Therapy has opened a custom-built manufacturing and warehousing facility in the Brisbane suburb of Parkinson.
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Australian universities lead world with medical 3D printing course launch
Two Australian universities and two European universities will offer a world-first master’s degree course in biofabrication.
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CSIRO 3D prints a remedy for sleep apnoea [VIDEO]
CSIRO’s titanium printing experts have teamed up with dental company Oventus to create a titanium mouthguard to treat sleep apnoea.
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$42,000 prosthesis replaced by superior, 3D printed version for $50
A US man with a missing left hand has said a new 3D printed prosthetic arm costing $50 to make is better than his former prosthesis.
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Hills hoist manufacturer moves into healthcare sensor systems
The Adelaide-based maker of the iconic hills hoist clothesline is moving into sensors and electronics technology.
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Cochlear to pursue new markets following FDA approval of hybrid implant system
Cochlear is set to aggressively market the world's first implantable device for adults with severe hearing loss of high-frequency sounds in both ears.
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Aim high for Australian manufacturing
We should feel proud of inventions like spray-on skin and the electronic pacemaker and we need to continue to encourage innovation.
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3D printing the Human body: How it works and the future [infographic]
As 3D printing becomes more prevalent, we take a look at how it will affect medical manufacturing in the future.
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Organovo bio-printing to be used in US health research institutes [VIDEO]
Californian bio-printing company Organovo has announced that it will join two of the US’s National Institutes of Health.
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CSIRO creates a 3D printed remedy for lameness
Today Holly, a decade-old mare, has taken her first steps in 3D-printed “horse-thotics”.
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CSL settles US class action for $67.9m
Blood plasma group CSL has settled a long-running antitrust class action filed by US and Puerto Rican hospital groups.
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Tax breaks, not grants, would help advanced manufacturers: Cook Medical
Cook Medical has spoken of what it sees as a need for tax reform to encourage the development of Australian IP locally.
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Australian healthcare company sees strategic advantage in manufacturing here
The CEO of United Pacific Industries, which currently exports to 18 countries, has spoken of the advantages of continuing to make its Thermoskin product in Australia.
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Scan, interpret, make: 3D printing from the industrial to the medical
“At the moment it’s so much of an education for local businesses where we are, the way it all operates,” explained Callum Davies from Filor, which in May added 3D printing to its range of 3D services, of attitudes towards the technology.
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RC Precision Engineering to manufacture cryogenic storage equipment for Bluechiip
RC Precision Engineering will manufacture Bluechiip’s cryogenic storage equipment.
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Tax breaks needed to encourage IP to be developed locally: Cook Medical
Cook Medical has criticised current measures to encourage innovation in Australia, and is lobbying with the Export Council of Australia for tax incentives to manufacture locally.
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Don’t shun 3D printers – they might save your life one day
Talking only about 3D printers and guns is like watching a movie in fast forward, slowing down only to watch the bits where people die.
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US surgeons prepping for operations using 3D printing
Doctors at the Washington’s Children’s National Medical Centre are 3D printing models of patients’ hearts to prepare surgeons for operations.
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New manufacturing processes improve cochlear implants
Researchers have developed designs for higher-performance electrodes which could substantially improve sound perception in the next generation of cochlear implants.
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US Researchers produce rat kidney
A synthetic, functioning kidney has been made and transplanted into a rat, and there is speculation that this could lead to the manufacturing of human organs some time in the future.
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