3D Printing: Overcoming Anatomical Model Challenges

For years, anatomical models have played important roles in hospitals and healthcare facilities. From educational aids to practice dummies, these models serve many functions for patients, students, and medical professionals. Producing them isn’t always an easy process though, as designers and engineers balance the need for accurate, aesthetic models with the demand for quick deliveries and production. Not to mention that the customized nature of models — they are representations of patients’ unique body parts and organs, after all — means they can be cost-prohibitive to build in low volumes via traditional manufacturing methods. But 3D printing helps overcome those challenges.