Ottawa Hospital Institutes Integrated 3D Printing Program

The Ottawa Hospital is the first hospital in Canada to institute an integrated 3D printing program, used for education, surgical planning, and research. The centerpiece of the program is the hospital's new $400,000 Stratasys 3D Connex3 printer, acquired through a generous donation, but the lab plans to add more printers in the future, that can 3D print using different materials, such as titanium, rubber, silicone, and human cells. Dr. Adnan Sheikh, medical director of the hospital's 3D printing program, says that medical 3D printing field continues to undergo rapid change, and that this is "what the future of medicine looks like." The first patient to benefit from the program is 33-year-old Dave Chasse, who lost the majority of his left hand in a motorcycle accident in June of 2015, and was just fitted with a moveable, flexible 3D printed hand. Read more at 3DPrint.com: https://3dprint.com/163954/the-ottaw...l-3d-printing/

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