Salzburg university hospital performs groundbreaking surgery using 3d systems' most advanced orthopedic technologies

Rock hill, s.c., april 19, 2023 (globe newswire) -- today, 3d systems (nyse:ddd) announced that the university hospital of salzburg (austria) has successfully applied the company's unique portfolio of point-of-care additive manufacturing technologies to design and produce its first 3d-printed peek cranial implant as a custom device for an individual patient need. these technologies were brought together by the hospital's in-house clinicians to successfully address the patient's needs, providing a customized solution that best positioned the team for success. the hospital used oqton's d2p® software to create 3d models from the patient's ct images and oqton's geomagic freeform® to complete the design of the patient-specific occipital prosthesis. the cranial implant was printed using vestakeep® i4 3df peek by evonik on 3d systems' kumovis r1 extrusion platform. peek is a very desirable material for the production of medical devices because it is lightweight, resistant to thermal and ionizing radiation, and possesses mechanical properties similar to those of human bone.  the kumovis printing platform was specifically designed to enable this type of point-of-care application within the hospital.
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