3D Printing

3D printing has taken off in biomedical applications, and regulatory agencies such as the FDA are trying to keep up the pace by issuing relevant guidance documents. We have developed an extensive list of absorbable polymers including absorbable polyurethanes suitable for medical device additive manufacturing with highly tunable properties.

With the explosion of commercially available 3D bioprinters, regenerative medicine academic labs and medical device manufacturers around the world are developing medical products using a broad range of bioinks. Some products contain cells to develop cellular tissue-engineered medical products while others create complex structures suitable for precision medicine and an individual patient’s anatomy and point of care acellular medical devices. Bezwada Biomedical has developed the most comprehensive portfolio of bioinks from synthetic biodegradable polymers and is the go-to bioink provider for bioprinter manufacturers, medical device companies, and academic and government labs worldwide.

3D printing is an additive process of making a three-dimensional solid object from digital model. Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) and Stereolithography (SLA) are the three most common types of commercially used 3D printing technologies in context of biomedical applications. Most common absorbable polymers that are used for Fused Deposition Modeling include polycaprolactone (PCL), L-lactide/caprolactone copolymers, poly (lactide-co-glycolide), PDS (poly-p- dioxanone) and PLA polymers and copolymers. Most common absorbable polymers that are used in Stereolithography include Poly (DL-lactide), PLA-PEG or PLGA or Poly(p-dioxanone), PDS. Most common absorbable polymers/copolymers used for Selective Laser Sintering include PCL polymer and copolymers. Get in touch to discuss your additive manufacturing application.