We scan. We design. We print. We care.
OK, this might be a bit off-topic, but we just discovered Compliant Mechanisms and they are waaay too much fun not to share. This has been so mesmerising our poor fidget spinner is sitting in the corner feeling neglected.
If you want to print one of your own, try here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3163115
3dMedlab was delighted to be invited to present at the 2019 Research Bazaar at The University of Melbourne today. This function is run by the university’s Research Platforms and serves to highlight all of the tools and technologies that enable high level collaborative research across disciplines, faculties, and campuses.
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And here is @JasamineCB giving a #3dMed Primer at #ResBaz! pic.twitter.com/cFuQVINiJ1
— Jason Chuen (@ozvascdoc) February 21, 2019
Our team got a chance to spread the #MedTech #3dPrinting #Collaboration fairy dust and catch up with our friends at Unimelb’s FabLab, NExtLab and Engineering workshops. We are so lucky to have access to the these facilities and more importantly the brains that reside there.
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To keep on top of the action follow the #ResBaz Twitter hashtag!
Were you confused by the recent debate over medical device regulation? Well we are here to help with this article published in MJA Insight. Go forth and read!
It’s been a month since #3dMedAu18, and my goodness it’s been one hell of a ride. Thank you to everyone who made the weekend, especially those of you who made the journey from overseas or interstate. Thank you also to all conference attendees who submitted such positive feedback. After a well earned rest, we’ll be working hard to make #3dMed19 even bigger and better!
In the aftermath of this year’s conference, we’ve managed to inspire the next generation of innovators, and new collaborations have sprouted. Mission accomplished.
Thanks Jen @Enablethefuture, Jason @ozvascdoc, Sarah, Aaron, @3DMedLab delegates. You have inspired Nick @N1cholasG on what is possible with 3D printing to help people. 3dMed will be a springboard to his creativity and the pursuit of future goals. Thank you for sharing.#3dmedau18 pic.twitter.com/500desrGMS
— p vazquez (@vazquezpharmacy) October 18, 2018
For those of you who missed out, here’s a handy recap of the two, very full days. Let’s start with Day 1.
Day 1 opened with a hands on anatomical modelling and 3D printing workshop, which took participants through how to turn patient imaging into a physical 3D printed model. Participants were then able to take the model that they made home with them.
Places for this workshop were booked out within an hour of being advertised! Despite being fully booked, we had a large number of drop ins coming by to check out what we were up to. Fear not, we will be running more workshops like this in the future. Watch this space.
We couldn’t be more excited today! Already learning to create 3D Printable Body Parts from @JasamineCB. @ozvascdoc says, “One discipline alone cannot solve these problems.” #3dMedAu18 pic.twitter.com/WsT3BZPMII
— Monash Tech School (@MonashTS) October 12, 2018
A big shout out to Thinglab for collaborating with
us to make the workshop possible!
Our first session chaired by A/Prof Tracie Barber, was opened with Dr Elizabeth Sigston from Monash Health sharing the progress her team had made on 3D printed titanium mandibular implants for head and neck cancer surgery.
Proud of the work @DrESigston is doing beyond #ENTsurgery. Her talk at #3dMedAu18 conference today. pic.twitter.com/DAQNnYqJkI
— Eric Levi (@DrEricLevi) October 13, 2018
This was followed by Mr Paul D’Urso’s experiences of 680 spine cases at Anatomics.
@pauldurso from @AnatomicsRX outlines how far #3dPrinting has come since his PhD in 1992 – and also how far we have yet to go. #SpineSurgery #3dMedAu18 pic.twitter.com/3oTlI56YUJ
— Jason Chuen (@ozvascdoc) October 13, 2018
Dr Hossein Mokhtarzadeh, freshly returned to the University of Melbourne from Boston, took us through the personalised load models that he worked on as part of the Framingham Heart Study to prevent spinal fractures.
Next we were treated to Dr Cynthia Wong of the QUT Biofabrication and Tissue Morphology Group, speaking on the impressive bioprinting advances made by their team.
Amazing presentation on #bioprinting at #3dmedau18 on patient specific scaffolding for tissue regeneration. pic.twitter.com/RWxGwUygMa
— Eric Jong (@JongEric) October 13, 2018
Mr Ron Jithoo from Alfred Health took us through his end user perspective of 3D printed spinal titanium implants.
Neurosurgeon Ron Jithoo on how not to hit any expensive real estate with screws during spinal surgery. This is where technology comes in! #3dMedAu18 pic.twitter.com/Yy2AbC6F1r
— Austin 3DMed Lab (@3dmedLab) October 13, 2018
Finally, the session wrapped up with Dr Raf Ratinam from Monash Health presenting his qualitative survey data on Hand Surgeons’ attitudes towards 3D printing.
@RafRatinam brings us back down to earth with some of the reasons why Medical #3dPrinting hasn’t taken over the world – cost, time, value, and good old skepticism. pic.twitter.com/VBHFcgiUWB
— Jason Chuen (@ozvascdoc) October 13, 2018
Special thanks to Cynthia for making the
trip down to Melbourne to share her lab’s work!
Our second session opened with Dr Tim Hughes showing off his very cool biocompatible elastic photocurable resins produced by his team at CSIRO. We’ve got to get our hands on some of that resin, Tim!
Next up, Dr Darpan Shidid gave us an insight into RMIT’s successes with 3D printed medical implants, as well as a drool worthy sneak peak into their facilities!
Great to hear from @DarpanShidid at #3dmedau18 on the @RMIT’s Biomed research that could speed the recovery of patients using 3d printed implants. pic.twitter.com/79b7KoGsT2
— Eric Jong (@JongEric) October 13, 2018
Dr Carmine Onofrillo from St Vincent’s Melbourne’s BioFab3D Lab described the progress their group had made with the much celebrated BioPen.
Carmine talking about neocartilage biofabrication at #3dMedAu18 @BioFab3D pic.twitter.com/evkprDYD9E
— Saimon Silva (@moraes_saimon) October 13, 2018
We were introduced to our international speaker Jen Owen from Enabling the Future, and treated to an insider’s view on how the global movement started.
#3dMedAu18 Amazing story presented by Jen Owen. How sharing can change the world… so roll up and contribute to the e-NABLE project. pic.twitter.com/sH1lr6Zpjx
— Michele Gaca (@tomegirl40) October 13, 2018
Finally, Dr Blake Cochran (and his radiologically accurate sidekick!) took us through the highs and lows of creating a 3D printing filament for X-ray and CT phantoms.
@BlakeJCochran presenting a scan of ‘Greg’ the #3dprinted skull using a custom calcium filament.#3dmedau18 #ctscan #xray #xrayphantom pic.twitter.com/UF6iomlZqE
— Eric Jong (@JongEric) October 13, 2018
This session opened up with our patient
representative Roger Jones sharing his experience on his 3D printed model which
was used by the team to plan his surgery. Thanks for coming Roger!
Thankyou Roger for sharing your #PatientJourney in the management of your #AAA. We really appreciate your perspective and how your #3dPrinted #Aneurysm has helped you understand your condition and surgery. #ConsumerEngagement #HealthLiteracy #3dMedAu18 pic.twitter.com/6xDZ3HdtGn
— Jason Chuen (@ozvascdoc) October 13, 2018
Next Jen Owen was back for her second talk for the day, sharing how e-NABLE’s story of community powered iterative prosthesis development.
Jen Owen talking about the world wide community that started in the back shed changing the lives of so many people through home designed and printed hands and arms https://t.co/4QoHQ7bpU0 #3dMedAu18 #3DPrinting pic.twitter.com/dAAAzqZCr0
— Elizabeth Sigston (@DrESigston) October 13, 2018
Twitterati Dr Eric Levi enlightened us on the Dos and Don’ts of social media, as well as highlighting its power in reaching out to both patients and new collaborators.
@DrEricLevi speaking at #3dMedAu18 – The endpoint is not the 3D product itself, but rather the impact that device makes on a patient’s life pic.twitter.com/6QtYReeeZ1
— Christine (@christinemkj) October 13, 2018
Finally the high energy Day 1 was concluded with our own Dr Jas Coles-Black taking the audience through our experiences in setting up a 3D printing lab in a public hospital.
Despite a long day of talks, the #3dMedAu18 audience votes overwhelmingly to hear one more talk from @JasamineCB on “How to Set Up a Public Hospital #3dPrinting Lab” @unimelb @ResPlat @Austin_Health #ResearchFest pic.twitter.com/UPUnufs0r8
— Jason Chuen (@ozvascdoc) October 13, 2018
Stay tuned for our recap of Day 2!
Very excited to attend 4th annual #3DMed Australia Conference #3dMedAu18
With The Biofabrication and Tissue Morphology group members: Dr Cynthia Wong, @MaureenTRoss and Jacob Skewes@qut_ihbi @QUTSciEng pic.twitter.com/sRXGs6pHbD— Trent Brooks-Richards (@TBrooksRichards) October 12, 2018
What an amazing DAY 1 of the #3dmedau18 conference. Everything from sophisticated patient specific implant technology to deliverying mechanical hands in 3rd world countries. pic.twitter.com/2Q453rsp3X
— Aaqil Rifai (@Aaqil_Rifai) October 13, 2018
The 3dMed Australia Conference is now underway and we have an exciting day of talks, interviews and tours coming up. If you can’t be here, then you can follow the conference via our Twitter Hashtag #3dMedAu18. If you are lucky, then someone might live stream part of it, and if you are there then please share like crazy on social media!
With five whole days left to go before the 3dMed Australia Conference, we are proud to welcome Jen Owen to Australia in order to speak at #3dMedAu18.
Based in Washington state, Jen is founder of the ground-breaking Enable the Future project (e-NABLE) — a philanthropic, multinational, collaborative and grassroots-driven effort to make open-source, self-assembled designs for prosthetic hands and arms which can be 3d-printed at the point of care. This project inspired Austin Health prosthetist Jake Eadie to develop a 3d-printed prosthesis program as part of 3dMedLab.
The 3dMed Australia Conference 2018 is dedicated to exploring the use of 3D technologies in Medicine including 3d-printing, 3d-modelling, virtual reality and augmented reality. Register now to attend, media enquiries welcome.
Have you registered for 3dMed Australia yet? There are 8 days left — head over to our Registration page right now and reserve your ticket to the hottest Medical 3D Printing event in town. Special thanks to multitalented Dr Melanie Tan for making this little video for us!
Did you miss our recent event at RMIT’s Additive Manufacturing Facility with our partners at 3D Heals? Don’t worry — we’ve got you covered. The video is now online at our YouTube channel… plus don’t forget to subscribe for more updates, including highlights of our upcoming #3dMedAu18 Conference in 9 days time!
The @3dMedLab team was super pumped to present our work at the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre this week. Supported by the BMJ, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Safer Care Victoria and many others, we were proud to represent Austin Health by sharing how we use 3D Printing to deliver personalised and patient-centred healthcare.
