3D printing in medical and laboratory diagnostic service

Azham Zulkharnain, PhD, IFBA certified professional

Faculty of Resource Science and TechnologyUniversiti Malaysia Sarawak

Biomedical Additive Manufacturing

• 3D printed surgical instruments

• Simulators

• Functional prosthetics

• 3D printing-enabled customized

medicine

• Advancing tissue repair using 3D printed

scaffolds and tissue engineering

• Developing restorative repairs and

implants with ceramic and metal 3D

printing

• Oral health and craniofacial applications

Medical 3D printing market

“Projected to reach USD915 million by 2021”

In Malaysia…

What is 3D printing?

• Print 3D objects• Rapid prototyping technology• Utilizes Fused Deposition Technology (FDM) or

Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF)

Types of 3D printers

Reprap printers

General-purpose self-replicating manufacturing machine

SLA 3D printer

Stereolithograph apparatus (SLA)

SLA printer

Fused Deposition Modelling

Printing by layers

Support structures

Support structures

Medical Applications

3D scanning technology

3d printed prosthetics in Malaysia

Open source scientific tools

Open source scientific tools

Anatomical models for medical education

Conclusions

• 3D printing offers unlimited potential applications for medical and laboratory environment

• However, there are limitations, learning curve to overcome.