Healthcare technology firm axial3D, which is focused on the global adoption of 3D printing practices in the healthcare industry, is based in Belfast, and came on the 3D printing scene in early 2015. Its patient-specific 3D printed medical models can be used to facilitate pre-operative planning, help both patients and doctors better understand ailments, and improve surgical outcomes. The company has recently experienced a huge surge in demand for its 3D printed patient-specific medical models, following on the heels of a major contract to supply 3D printed pre-operative planning models until 2020, as part of the National Health Service (NHS) Orthopaedic joint replacement products and Trauma and Spinal products framework agreement in Wales and Northern Ireland. With the company's rapid growth in mind, the firm is opening a new office in the Belfast city center, to provide accommodation for its growing team, which includes three new senior staff members. Read more at 3DPrint.com: https://3dprint.com/163668/axial3d-3...edical-models/