Dentistry and Orthopedics Account for More Than 50% Of 3d Printing Applications in Healthcare in 2015

The concept of 3D printing began with multi-axial robotic machining that gave the ability for manufacturing products from a single block of material such as metals, ceramics and plastics although plastics have conventionally been moulded to reduce wastage. Advanced 3D printing is also called additive manufacturing (AM) since the process includes building objects by placing materials layer by layer. There is a significant involvement of CAD/CAM software for modeling objects prior to being printed and in many cases also includes other ancillary hardware such as 3D imaging scanners. Modern 3D printing has been applied primarily to the automotive industry and aerospace industry. The technology is used particularly as a Rapid Prototyping technique to build an object for testing. This has significantly reduced the revenue put into research and materials used for development. 3D printing has also provided innovators and hobbyists across the world to apply the technique to other areas such as arts, architecture and consumer goods. Theoretically, people can very well print out spares of home automation devices and other consumer goods at home once they receive the designs of the spares by manufacturing companies. A revolution of free printing and open source movement is expected in this area which will change the landscape of manufacturing permanently in the next 10-20 years.

In recent years, the technology has been applied to the medical and healthcare field and was born from a simple fact that all human beings differ from each other very slightly in anatomy. These differences are caused by every environmental factors imaginable right from birth such as the way they walk, run, use muscles and development of skeletal structure. Along with this genes also play a major role in the differences of anatomy. Prior to the introduction of customized 3D printing of healthcare devices, all implants, and products were mass produced by companies through subtractive processes such as milling, grinding, polishing among others. This led to wastage of resources, additional energy and revenue had to be invested in recycling and disposing the waste. The mass produced devices were also known to not fit patients perfectly due to the minor anatomical differences thus leading to bad performance, patient discomfort and long duration of recuperation and in some cases repetitive corrective surgeries.

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3D printing has been majorly applied to dental/orthodontic and cochlear fields due to higher need of customized products. The technology is also used in manufacturing cheap prosthetics and into the emerging field of bioprinting or biofabrication. Bioprinting is the 3D printing of tissue or cellular structure that gained prominence particularly after the works of companies such as Organovo and Anika along with private individuals and organizations such as Dr. Atala Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Currently a majority of cochlear implants and devices are made from 3D printing the shape of the patient in order to fit correctly. There are also a majority of other medical areas such as orthopedic implants, craniomaxillofacial implants, stents, lenses and orthotics that can potentially benefit the market.

This report discusses the growth of various 3D printing technologies and emerging trends in the market. It provides an in-depth perspective to the changes affecting the growth such as open source movement, and elucidates drivers and restraints of the market. North America remains the leader with a highest rate of new player entry in the market. Technology companies such as Hewlett Packard, Canon and Ricoh are now eyeing the market furtively to engage in what may be potentially over a US$ 100 billion market by 2030.

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