LOUISVILLE, Ky. – It may sound far-fetched, but scientists are attempting to build a human heart with a 3D printer. Ultimately, the goal is to create a new heart for a patient with their own ...

Life imitates heart. MIT engineers are 3D printing replicas of patients’ hearts in an attempt to improve replacement valve procedures for those living with heart disease.

In recent years, 3D printing has opened a world of new possibilities for medical applications by allowing researchers to make materials in many shapes and structures. Unlike typical printers, which ...

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. (2015, January 29). 3D printing makes heart surgery safer for children. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 01 ...

As 3D printing becomes more and more used in a wide range of fields, medical science is not left behind. From the more standard uses such as printing medical equipment and prosthetics to more advan… ...

Bandages for the heart? 3D printing method makes it possible. ScienceDaily . Retrieved July 23, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 08 / 240802132931.htm ...

Dr. William Liou (right) and Dr. Vishal Gupta (left) with a 3D model of a heart. Thanks to innovative work by one of WMU’s mechanical engineering professors, surgery to repair a hole in the heart ...

The innovation lies in the addition of fibers within a printable ink. "FIG ink is capable of flowing through the printing nozzle but, once the structure is printed, it maintains its 3D shape ...

Using a new technique known as 4D printing, researchers can print out dynamic 3D structures capable of changing their shapes over time. Such 4D-printed items could one day be used in everything ...

Doing so may soon be possible, thanks to a recent advance in 3D printing technology. First of all, it is already possible to produce a physical replica of a person's heart , based on MRI scans.