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Additive manufacturing is at the beginning stages of innovating the medical space. Within a short ten years, AM has transformed medical devices such as hearing aids, dental procedures, and implants. There is further opportunity to expand and innovate the space but are the regulatory bodies and insurance companies ready to adopt the technologies?
Host Fabian Alefeld is joined by the founder and principal consultant of LG Strategies, Laura Gilmour. Laura has extensive experience in additive manufacturing and in particular in the medical market. Laura offers a comprehensive overview of the medical industry as a whole and discusses the challenges of its adoption of additive manufacturing and the current medical industry trends where additive manufacturing is making a big impact.
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Key Takeaways:
[:54] Laura shares her unique AM journey within the medical markets industry.
[3:12] Laura describes the medical sectors AM is helping to revolutionize including hearing aids, hip implants, and digital dental applications for the medical implant industry.
[11:15] When implementing AM in the medical space regulatory reviews and insurers can be the biggest hurdles.
[16:04] The risk versus benefits requirements of the primary regulatory bodies.
[21:21] How IQ, OQ, and PQ processes apply to the medical device industry.
[24:41] Laura highlights trends in the medical industry with regard to the benefits of additive manufacturing innovations.
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Additive manufacturing is at the beginning stages of innovating the medical space. Within a short ten years, AM has transformed medical devices such as hearing aids, dental procedures, and implants. There is further opportunity to expand and innovate the space but are the regulatory bodies and insurance companies ready to adopt the technologies?
Host Fabian Alefeld is joined by the founder and principal consultant of LG Strategies, Laura Gilmour. Laura has extensive experience in additive manufacturing and in particular in the medical market. Laura offers a comprehensive overview of the medical industry as a whole and discusses the challenges of its adoption of additive manufacturing and the current medical industry trends where additive manufacturing is making a big impact.
Comments about the show or wish to share your AM journey? Contact us at additive.snack@eos-na.com. The Additive Snack Podcast is brought to you by EOS.
Key Takeaways:
[:54] Laura shares her unique AM journey within the medical markets industry.
[3:12] Laura describes the medical sectors AM is helping to revolutionize including hearing aids, hip implants, and digital dental applications for the medical implant industry.
[11:15] When implementing AM in the medical space regulatory reviews and insurers can be the biggest hurdles.
[16:04] The risk versus benefits requirements of the primary regulatory bodies.
[21:21] How IQ, OQ, and PQ processes apply to the medical device industry.
[24:41] Laura highlights trends in the medical industry with regard to the benefits of additive manufacturing innovations.
#futureisadditive #responsiblemanufacturing #3Dprinting
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![The Amazon of Additive Manufacturing with Markus Seibold of MakerVerse | Additive Snack
Connecting manufacturers with end users makes a big impact in the industrial manufacturing space but building a manufacturing supply chain takes time. Machine learning and AI can help create a predictive supply chain management platform that will make manufacturing more accessible and help companies reduce complexity within their operations.
To discover a new digital platform for advanced industrial manufacturing, Host Fabian Alefeld speaks with Markus Seibold, co-founder and CEO of MakerVerse. MakerVerse is an interface between additive manufacturing (AM) and other manufacturing technologies that offers auto-quoting technology to on-demand manufacturers leveraging machine learning and AI.
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Key Takeaways:
[1:42] MakerVerse is the ‘Amazon’ of industrial advanced manufacturing.
[6:28] MakerVerse’s mission is to create efficiencies in on-demand manufacturing.
[13:03] How scale-up and midsize companies benefit from the MakerVerse platform.
[21:33] Machine learning and AI were used to create MakerVerse’s advanced auto-quoting tool.
[31:46] Predictive supply chain management is the future.
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![From the Court to the Lab: The Story of the Airless Prototype Basketball - Additive Snack Podcast
Additive manufacturing (AM) is not only a tool to enhance the performance of applications and create more agile supply chains – it’s also becoming a tool to increase brand value and awareness. Today, we dive into the story of the innovative engineering and viral marketing of the first ever 3D printed, Airless Prototype Basketball developed by Wilson Sporting Goods.
Host Fabian Alefeld is joined by Dr. Nadine Lippa, Innovation Manager at Wilson Sporting Goods, and Tyler Webb, Sports Marketer and Co-founder of Uncle Charlie. Nadine, the brilliant mind who led the product development of Wilson’s Airless Prototype Basketball, shares behind-the-scenes moments from the project’s origin to meeting Shaquille O’Neal and Mark Cuban courtside. Tyler, the creator of the viral video that sent ripples across the internet, shares how he made the Airless Prototype Basketball the most-seen additive manufacturing application ever created.
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Key Takeaways:
[1:27] Nadine describes what it felt like to be courtside at the NBA Dunk Contest when her 3D printed Airless Prototype Basketball was revealed.
[6:31] Wilson’s additive manufacturing journey didn’t begin with a basketball; Nadine shares some history.
[9:38] Nadine explains the complex process her team used to turn a polymer into a high-performance basketball and the biggest challenges the team faced.
[16:20] How did Wilson’s marketing efforts go viral to ignite a trend of combining additive manufacturing and sports?
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