4WEB Medical Goes Down Under with First 3D Printed Patient-Specific Truss Implant in Australia
By Sarah Anderson Goehrke
3D printing is turning the world on its head, as the disruptive technology streamlines and modernizes the processes behind some of the most intricate, detailed components in a bevy of applications from desktop doodads to the highest-tech bioprinted human tissues. The technology is taking the world by storm–including the land Down Under.
This week, 4WEB Medical has announced its first success story in Australia with a patient-specific segmental bone defect procedure completed in Brisbane, supported by LifeHealthcare, the company’s Australian partner.
4WEB Medical, which specializes in truss implants, has reached several milestones lately in its provision of 3D printed orthopedic implants, with more than 3,000 spine truss implants in useby late 2014. The world’s first FDA-approved provider of 3D printed orthopedic implants, 4WEB has clearly been taking its global focus seriously.
