3D printing enables tissue with customized shape
3D-printed chambers with personalized shapes will be used to grow transplantable tissue that can take the shape of a wound to be closed.
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4D printing: heat shrinks printed objects
4D printing could be used to produce parts that exhibit a specific behavior only after they take their predefined shape.
Biocompatible and sustainable plastics for medical applications
Fraunhofer Institute is developing polyurethanes of a reproducible standard.
Artificial pericardial tissue from the 3D printer
In the PolyKARD project, biomimetic polymers are being developed that can imitate the mechanical properties of pericardial tissue.