Lazarus 3D Produces Alternative to Current Pre-Surgical Models

Lazarus 3D, a Texas-based company, produces pre-surgical models in silicon. This presents an attractive alternative to current pre-surgical model solutions currently on the market.

According to an article on 3D Printing Industry:

Dr. Jacques Zaneveld combined his own professional experience with a passion for Making – that brought him to purchase a low-cost 3D printer as soon as the first MakerBot (and later Ultimaker) became available – in order to develop a novel technology that would allow for the extrusion-based production of highly accurate medical models, 3D printed in silicon and used primarily in oncological surgery.

Dr. Zaneveld began by 3D printing figurines as a hobby and then moved onto creating a 3D model of his own brain out of a CT scan. One of the first applications for his 3D models was in the legal sector, as a way to prove damage sustained by accident victims in court. The natural – and currently most efficient – evolution is now in pre-surgical preparation; however, Dr. Zanevel did not hide the fact hat his ultimate goal is the 3D printing of actual and functional complex organs.

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