Healthcare 3D Printing: An Odyssey

Salesforce France| Networking Tour 2016Hui Jenny Chen, M.D.

@3DHEALS

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Community

Content

Co-create

“Why go anywhere?” - Elon Musk, Sept 27th, 2016

Background

Background

New Forecast

Background

Background

Dental application

Hearing Aid

https://i.materialise.com/blog/3d-printing-in-medicine-what-is-happening-right-now-in-patients

3D Printing Benefits in Healthcare

• Rapid prototyping• Mass customization• Complex geometries that – Cannot be manufacturing by any other method.– Have improved material property (e.g. strength,

elasticity, transparency).– Can be manufactured more cost effectively with

3D printing.

3DP Limitations in Healthcare• Time consuming– Limited to complex, rare, deadly disease– Talent allocation/operational challenges

• Limited material selection– Biocompatible material– Sterilization– Durability– Toxicity

• Size limitation• Limited Creative User Case of the Technology

Prosthetics/Exoskeleton• Increased accessibility – Open source– Cost reduction– Global Non profit organizations

• Improved fitting process• Added design features– E.g. biotic hands “exiii”– https://youtu.be/vZvCXYsJzFk

• Aesthetics– E.g. UNYQ

Wearable/Hearing Aid

https://i.materialise.com/blog/3d-printing-in-medicine-what-is-happening-right-now-in-patients

Wearable/Hearing Aid

Dental application

Medical applications

• Pre- Surgical Applications• Medical Education• Patient Education• Research• Bioprinting/Tissue regeneration

Pre-surgical Applications

• Pre-surgical communication/education • Pre-surgical training tool• Pre-surgical strategy development: e.g.

surgical approach, device selection, surgical tool selection

• Surgical guides

Pre-surgical Applications

• Pre-surgical communication/education • Pre-surgical training tool• Pre-surgical strategy development: e.g.

surgical approach, device selection, surgical tool selection

• Surgical guides

Pre-surgical Applications

• Pre-surgical communication/education • Pre-surgical training tool• Pre-surgical strategy development: e.g.

surgical approach, device selection, surgical tool selection

• Surgical guides

Pre-surgical Planning Workflow

Jenny Chen, Michelle Gabriel. White Paper: A Roadmap from Idea to Implementation – 3D Printing for Pre-surgical Applications.

Pre-surgical Applications

• Pre-surgical communication/education • Pre-surgical training tool• Pre-surgical strategy development: e.g.

surgical approach, device selection, surgical tool selection

• Surgical guides

Surgical Guide

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2013.10.006

Medical Education

Bioprinting/Tissue Engineering

• https://youtu.be/s3CiJ26YS_U• Medical/Pharmaceutical Research• Tissue replacement• Organ transplant

Bioprinting/Tissue Engineering

Pharmaceutical

Future States• Reimbursement

– FDA Approval– Clinical evidence, payer acknowledgement

• 3D Printer – Faster, cheaper, multi material, nanoscale

• 3DP Material development– Biocompatible, material characteristics

• Software– Open source vs. commercial

• Patent/Legal issues– Major IP challenges, digital vs. non-digital

• Quality Control/Standarization/Regulatory issues– Improved organization– Dedicated regulatory entity/Funding

Conclusion

• Extremely new but revolutionary field with many pieces still missing

• Positioned to exponential growth due to expiring patents and FDA approvals

• Initial investments, R&D, innovative communities

Merci!www.3dheals.com