Additive manufacturing Technologies in medical sector

  Additive Manufacturing Technologies in the Medical sector Subject - 3D Printing  Introduction:  - The term three-dimensional (3D) printing was initially used to describe a process to deposit a binder material by inkjet printer heads, layer by layer, onto a powder bed. It was developed mainly as a rapid and cheaper alternative to the industrial prototyping process. It has become the first choice of industry for prototyping and is known as rapid prototyping (RP). Over the years, people have realized the immense potential of this technology and are being termed the third, fourth, and fifth industrial revolutions by various opinion-makers. The use of 3D printing technology in medicine is proliferating rapidly and is being extensively used in research, teaching, prosthetics, and orthotics for customized implants, pre-surgery 3D modeling, and tissue printing.  History: - The first mention of 3D printing RP is as an application filed for a patent in 1980 in Japa...