Healthcare Industry Healthcare 3D Printing Market Size and Share, 2020 | Page 2

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The worldwide industry is segmented as per applications, technologies, raw materials, and regions. According
to applications, the categories are surgical instruments, implants, bioengineering, and surgical guides. Due to
frequent applications in skull replacement, medical implants held the highest market share in 2013. Different
types of implants are orthopedic, crani-maxillofacial, and dental surgical. In digital dentistry, 3D printing
provides finished dental prosthetics in metal. The process is accurate, cheap, and minimally invasive.
According to technologies, the overall Healthcare 3D Printing Market is categorized into droplet deposition,
photo-polymerization, laser beam melting, and electron beam melting. The droplet deposition segment
generated highest revenues in 2013. It is sub-segmented into multiphase jet solidification, fused deposition
modeling, and inkjet printing. Inkjet printing is widely applied in bio-printing, since it helps print living
tissues. Bio-printing involves the use of bio-ink, a mixture of living cells. Bio-ink is a substance that can be
printed into any desired shape. Raw materials that are employed in the healthcare 3D printing industry are
ceramics, polymers, biological cells, and metals. Polymers dominated the overall marke t in 2013. Propelled by
popularity, awareness, and technological advancements, this segment may continue dominating the market
throughout the forecast period.
Geographically, the worldwide Healthcare 3D Printing Market is divided into Asia Pacific, Europ e, North
America, and Rest of the World. North America is the leading regional market. Factors that fuel the region are
well developed healthcare infrastructure, high R&D investments in 3D technologies, and surging healthcare
spending. Owing to widespread adoption of 3D & 4D technologies and high healthcare expenditure, Asia
Pacific may expand remarkably in the forthcoming years. Europe too, is expected to grow considerably during
the same time period owing to surging demand for customized medical equipment .
Prominent companies operating in the global healthcare 3D printing market are Youbionic, Rainbow
Biosciences, Roche Pharmaceuticals, 3D Systems Corporation, and Bio-Rad Laboratories. Early this year, a
research team in Korea, with the help of a 3D bio-printer developed a special myocardial therapeutic patch
for ischemic heart disease. This patch generates new tissues & blood vessels when attached to the patient’s
heart. The researchers tested the same by transplanting the 3D printed heart patch into the epicardium of
diseased hearts of lab animals. After the implant, it was observed that the patch lowered the hardness of a
few fibrotic areas that were damaged by insufficient blood supply.
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