‘The next frontier’: How A Rock Hill company could print a biomedical breakthrough
A Rock Hill company wants to be part of the next biomedical breakthrough. A new partnership announced this week may help the company get there.
3D Systems will partner with Israeli regenerative medicine company CollPlant Biotechnologies to advance the capabilities of both in bioprinting. The agreement allows the companies to jointly develop tissue and scaffold bioprinting processes.
Research and development will be done at 3D Systems sites in California, said co-founder and chief technology officer Chuck Hull.
“3D Systems’ solutions have already made an impact in production of medical devices such as spinal implants, prosthetics and orthodontic aligners,” he said.
CollPlant brings with it BioInk technology used for printing tissue and organs.
“Bioprinting is becoming the next frontier in healthcare and our agreement with CollPlant expands our list of collaborators with whom we are working to pioneer new ways to positively impact the human condition,” Hull said.
The collaboration will have a significant impact on regenerative medicine, the two company leaders said.
“Together, we can offer the best combined technology for 3D bioprinting,” said Yehiel Tal, CollPlant CEO.
“We are honored to have established this important collaboration and we look forward to working together to advance 3D bioprinting technology to the commercial phase.”
3D Systems began more than 30 years ago. The company works with plastic and metal 3D printers, prototyping items for the aerospace, automotive, medical and dental industries. Company printing technology also helps dental labs and clinics produce crowns, bridges and dentures quickly.
“We have solutions for surgeons to help them plan surgeries in advance that includes collaborating with our biomedical engineers to create patient-specific models of organs to be operated on as well as surgical guides to assist in procedures,” Hull said. “Our software and 3D printers are helping orthotists and prosthetists create patient-specific prostheses. Our 3D printing technologies are enabling Invisalign to produce more than 400,000 unique orthodontic aligners per day.”
This story was originally published January 15, 2020 at 2:28 PM with the headline "‘The next frontier’: How A Rock Hill company could print a biomedical breakthrough."
