Fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon Jeffrey Holmes, MD, successfully performed an ankle replacement with a 3D printed titanium implant, reports Fox 10 Phoenix.

HD LifeSciences launched three new implant footprints at the State of Spine Surgery Meeting in Aruba last month.

The University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore partnered with the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs to create 3D-printed shoulder models to help with surgical planning, reports Akron Beacon Journal.

3D printing company PrinterPrezz is supporting orthopedic surgeon education in spine and arthroplasty through OMeGA Medical Grants Association.

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Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical Center partnered with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to expand and refine its 3D-printing surgical planning program, The Baltimore Sun reports.

A 3D printed spine implant designed at University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands helped a 16-year-old boy walk again, reports Dutch News.

Belfast, Northern Ireland-based axial3D raised $3 million in a funding round headed by Imprimatur Capital Fund Management to facilitate its growth into the U.S., reports 3D Printing Media Network.

Alphatec commercially released its IdentiTi Large Window Porous Titanium Interbody Implant System for anterior lumbar interbody fusion procedures.

Joint preservation technology company Arthrosurface launched the SpeedSpiral CMC System, a thumb implant for patients suffering from osteoarthritis in the thumb.

The Medicrea Group posted 16.1 million euros — about $18.1 million — in first half 2019 sales, down 5 percent year over year.

Researchers from RMIT University's Advanced Manufacturing Precinct in Melbourne, Australia, are using 3D printing for bone replacements after they developed the country's first 3D printed spinal implant, which was successfully used in a 2015 procedure, reports OpenGov Asia.

A team of College Station-based Texas A&M University engineers and physicians are using 3D printed simulators and visualized performance data to enhance orthopedic surgeon residencies.

Medtronic completed its acquisition of Titan Spine, a private company focused on titanium spinal implants and surface technology.

Researchers at Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing methods to make 3D-printed customizable devices with soft tissue properties, reports Medgadget.

Medical device company LimaCorporate began construction of its on-site 3D printing center at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, reports 3D Printing Industry.

New York University Langone Medical Center in New York City adapted Intrinsic Therapeutics' Baricaid device to mend annular defects during discectomy procedures, reports Clinical Pain Advisor.

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Oxford Performance Materials released results of an in vitro study that noted a definitive relationship between OPM's 3D-printed PEKK material, OsteoFab, and bone regeneration.

PrinterPrezz received certification for Quality Management Systems for the 3D printing of medical devices.