Diverse Partnership with Monash Tech School Fri, 21 Aug 2020A multifaceted industry partnership with Monash Tech School, demonstrating the intrinsic links between medical research, advanced manufacturing, and the desire to improve people's lives.
New Research Funding for Anatomics ?Smart Helmet? Fri, 24 Jul 2020Anatomics and CSIRO are pioneering a ?Smart Helmet? to monitor the brain in stroke and trauma patients.
StarPore® Ear Implant with Dr John Reinisch Fri, 3 Jul 2020Anatomics is proud to have designed the StarPore® ear implant features in collaboration with Dr John Reinisch, a world-renowned microtia surgeon practicing at Cedars-Sinai Medical Group based in Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction to technology - SpineBox Fri, 12 Jun 2020Mr Paul D?Urso speaks about the SpineBox technology and provides a first-hand account with an intraoperative view.
Print3D - Medical Supply Chain Solutions Tue, 24 Mar 2020In response to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic Anatomics has established Print3D Medical Supply Chain Solutions
Save Time and Improve Outcomes of Spinal Fusion Surgery Fri, 8 Nov 2019Spinal surgery is a complicated procedure requiring an extensive and costly support network. Anatomics’ SpineBox™ method of pre-planning surgery and of manufacturing customized devices has the potential to realize significant time and cost benefits for the healthcare system. The streamlined procedure and solution not only improve the patient outcomes, they also reduce the risk of infection, as well as the strain on central sterile services departments (CSSD).
Unveiling our new Bentleigh East Site Thu, 10 Oct 2019On Thursday the 10th of October, we launched the first chapter of the Assemble Incubator with Australian owned, Anatomics ? a 3D medical printing laboratory and manufacturing facility.
Anatomics Announced As Flagship Of Australian Government's BiomedTech Horizon's Fund Mon, 23 Apr 2018Anatomics was this week announced as a flagship project as part of the Federal Government's $35 million BioMedTech Horizons fund program.
Anatomics listed in the Top 20 Businesses of Tomorrow Wed, 19 Apr 2017The 200 Businesses of Tomorrow were chosen from almost 2000 applications nationally. They represent the diversity of Australia ? large and small, new and established, across all industries and sectors. Successful businesses, driving a successful Australia.
3D prosthesis pioneer a man of many parts Tue, 11 Apr 2017Paul d'Urso admits this, but not many of his peers unwind like he does: running medical technology company Anatomics, which has developed state-of-the-art, patient-specific implants and prostheses, as well as software that facilitates their design and 3D-printing.D'Urso estimates that he works 50 hours a week as a neurosurgeon and 50 hours a week running Anatomics, six days a week."I believe in what I'm doing. I've always thought that it's part of my job as a doctor to make things better for my patients," he says.
60-year-old becomes first UK patient to receive 3D printed titanium sternum and rib implant3ders.org Thu, 2 Feb 2017In what has been described as a UK first, a man from Studley in Warwickshire has been given a custom-built 3D printed titanium sternum and ribs after having part of his own removed.
Anatomics: pioneering surgery aided by 3D printersLeanne Akiki Fri, 9 Dec 2016Neurosurgeon Paul D’Urso, now executive chairman of the company, first became fascinated with the idea of linking medical imaging with 3-D printing in 1991, when he came across one of only two early 3-D printers available in Australia.
Melbourne students replicate ancient skull of extinct early human hobbitMark Dunn Mon, 28 Nov 2016A 3D bio-scan code allowing the shaping of exact replicas of the famous Hobbit skull, which was less than half the size of modern humans, is being undertaken by Wesley College students.
Medical 3D-printing: Lives being remade to order Sun, 27 Nov 2016In 1991, Brisbane-born and educated surgeon Dr Paul D?Urso applied for a grant from the Princess Alexandra Hospital Research Foundation to investigate Âcombining 3D printing and 3D imaging technology to print models of organs or bones
Good bye Titanium, hello bone?Nick , http://ambercentre.ie/#hero Fri, 2 Sep 2016Researchers at AMBER in Ireland have successfully 3D printed various bio-materials including cartilage and adult stem cells and matured the part in the patient's body, creating a bone part ready for implanting. The aim is to replace Titanium for implants with the patient's own bone.
3D printing brings Egyptian back to lifeAlicia Miller , 3dprintingindustry.com Thu, 1 Sep 2016A joint effort between the University of Melbourne?s Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, medical researchers, forensic scientists, 3D printing experts, Egyptologists and a sculptor, Meritamun, an 18 to 25-year-old Egyptian woman believed to have lived at least 2000 years ago, received a complete facial restoration thanks to a 3D printed model of her ancient skull.
ULIO 3D printer is almost entirely 3D printed Mon, 8 Aug 2016Aimed squarely at the education space, ULIO (due to launch on Indigogo 9th August 2016). By maximizing the amount of 3D printed parts, they aim to optimize the appeal of 3D printing itself. "At ULIO 3D we love helping passionate teachers get involved in 3D printing and achieve amazing things. We would like to share our passion by helping you 3D print colorful, upgradeable, affordable and easy to assemble 3D printers for your students," the ULIO team said.
3D models as a teaching toolAlicia Miller , 3dprintingindustry.com Mon, 1 Aug 2016Australia's University of Southern Queensland has announced an exciting new addition to its archeology curriculum. Archeology students at USQ can now work with full-colour 3D replica specimens. This not only makes otherwise delicate specimens available to the students, it also allows off-campus students to get the same experience of handling the specimens.
Toddler to be fitted with 3D printed earAAP Sat, 16 Apr 2016Toddler Maia Van Mulligan was born with just one ear, but thanks to world-first Queensland research she could soon be fitted with a 3D printed one. The QUT research team is also working on a long-term project, to create an anatomically correct ear that would be 3D printed using the child's own cartilage cells.
3D printed medical models to understand animal anatomy3dprintersonlinestore Sat, 16 Apr 20163Dprinting has revolutionized almost all the industry and has saved many lives with 3D printed implants made from medical imaging. A team of Danish researchers from Aarhus University are demonstrating the potential for a simple desktop 3D printer to increase the understanding of the anatomy of not only humans but also that of animals and incomplete fossils.
Proteus Digital Health FDA approval for ingestible sensorAditi Pai , http://mobihealthnews.com/ Fri, 15 Apr 2016Proteus Discover, a medication management system that utilises sensor-enabled ingestible pills, a peel-and-stick biometric sensor patch and smartphone apps have had their ingestible sensor component secured FDA clearance in July 2012, following on from their sensor-laden patch receiving FDA clearance in 2010.
Swapping plaster casts for 3D printingInvestigacion y Desarrollo Thu, 14 Apr 2016NovaCast is a device that prevents infections, ulcers and even amputation of limbs, is ten times lighter than the traditional material and allows a good ventilation.
64-year-old Israeli cancer patient receives 3D printed jaw implantKira , 3Ders.org Wed, 13 Apr 2016A man from Israel has become one of the first people in the country to receive a 3D printed jaw prosthetic. Surgeons at the Baruch Padeh Medical Center and 3D printer A.B. Dental made the custom titanium implant for the patient and dramatically reduced operation and recovery time and significantly improving post-surgery outcomes.
3D printed resorbable bioceramic implants for bone repair to enter market soonMax Viallon , restoration-project.eu Tue, 22 Mar 2016RESTORATION, an European research project, has developed new resorbable bioceramic materials that can be used for mandible, vertebrae and knees.
Patient Saved with 3D Printed Vertebraebalbright , RapidReady Thu, 17 Mar 2016In what is being touted as a world first, surgeons have replaced two cancerous vertebrae in a patient's neck with 3D-printed replacement bones.
Life-saving, 3D-printed custom splint steps closer to marketDr Glenn Green, Benedict , Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Victoria, Australia, 3Ders.orgAn adolescent girl has been given 3D printed tracheal splints to treat a congenital breathing condition called tracheobronchomalacia (TBM). Staff at the University of Michigan used an EOS 3D printer and a biomaterial called Polycaprolactone (PCL) to make the splints.
Quality Metrics, Data Analytics are Top Value-Based Care FearsJennifer Bresnick , HealthITAnalytics Thu, 10 Mar 2016Providers are deeply worried that an imperfect understanding of quality measures and lackluster data analytics capabilities may hamper their switch to value-based care.'You can't manage what you can't measure,' data analytics pros are prone to say, and nowhere is the phrase more appropriate than when discussing the healthcare industry's transition to value-based care.
3 ways in which a 3D printer may one day save your lifeBhaskar Chakravorti , Washington Post Mon, 7 Mar 2016When four-month-old Lucy Boucher needed a kidney transplant, the transplant surgeons' challenge was figuring out how to fit an adult kidney in an infant. Realistic models were essential to the procedure's success.Lucy story is only a tiny part of a revolution in the making. The medical uses of 3D technology could be the killer app that, ironically, saves lives and saves the industry.
Cancer patient receives world's first 3D-printed vertebraeConor Duffy , ABC, Australia Mon, 22 Feb 2016An Australian neurosurgeon has completed a world-first marathon surgery removing cancer-riddled vertebrae and successfully replacing them with a 3D-printed body part.
The neurosurgeon's bone factoryNigel Bowen , Australia Unlimited Thu, 28 Jan 2016'There's a huge buzz around 3D printing now,' D'Urso says. "But back in 1991 people had never heard of it. The Queensland government had bought one of the first stereolithography 3D printers, around the same time 3D medical imaging was taking off. I wondered if you could connect up 3D printing and 3D imaging technology to print out models of organs or bones."
World-first operation implants 3D-printed titanium ribcage and sternumPatrick Williams , ABC, Australia Mon, 14 Sep 2015A Spanish cancer patient is the first person in the world to receive a titanium 3D-printed sternum and rib cage, designed and manufactured by an Australian company.
Patient receives 3D-printed titanium sternum and rib cageDarren Quick , www.gizmag.com Thu, 10 Sep 2015Lab 22 at Australia's CSIRO has added to the growing list of 3D-printed medical implants by designing and printing a replacement titanium sternum and rib cage for a 54-year-old cancer patient.
Joint effort produces Australia's first 3D printed spine implantRMIT University , Victoria, Australia Mon, 17 Aug 2015RMIT University in Melbourne has worked with a medical device company and a neurosurgeon to successfully create a 3D printed vertebral cage for a patient with severe back pain.
3D printer gives cancer victim a new ankleGreg Hoy , ABC, Australia Wed, 22 Oct 2014An ankle created using a 3D printer has replaced a cancer victim's joint in a world-first operation that many are suggesting is just the beginning of a medical technology revolution.
Hidden Champions series part 2: AnatomicsBrent Balinski , Manufacturers Monthly Tue, 5 Aug 2014Anatomics provides custom products that help surgeons do their job, and exports to 20 countries. In the second installment of our five-part series, Robert Thompson talks to Brent Balinski about how the company responds to its market's need, a '3D printed' skull implant, and a recent successful collaboration with CSIRO.
The public hospital of the futureJeffrey D Zajac , Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) Mon, 1 Sep 2003Faster and faster and better and better, or faster and faster and worse and worse. These are the only two pathways into the future for Australia's public hospital system.