3D Printing and Medical Libraries, February 19, 2014

3D
PRINTING
&
MEDICAL
LIBRARIES

Thursday, February 20, 14

PF Anderson,
Emerging
Technologies
Librarian,
Taubman Health
Sciences
Library,
University of
Michigan
February 19,
2014

WHAT IS 3D PRINTING?
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/bdesham/2432400623/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lego_bricks.jpg

Printers can print in 2D ...

... or 3D.
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/cutecoder/2161736692/sizes/z/

Think of 3d printing as nano-Legos set by inkjet robots ...

Living
tissue?!!!

... in different types of materials
http://amcrc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ADDITIVE-MANUFACTURING-2009-Roadmap.pdf

Emerging materials in bio-printing: Riboﬂavin
http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wms-narayan-riboﬂavin/

3d (plastic, metals, electronics, proteins, cells)
Bioprinting/biofabrication
Hybrid printing
4d (self-assembling, ‘kinematics’), chains/modular
http://www.ted.com/talks/skylar_tibbits_the_emergence_of_4d_printing.html

BUT IS IT ALL JUST HYPE?

HISTORY

WHERE ARE WE NOW?

("3d printing"[TIAB] OR
"3D printer"[TIAB] OR
"3D print"[TIAB]) OR
("three-dimensional
printing"[TIAB] OR
"three-dimensional
printer"[TIAB] OR "threedimensional print"[TIAB])
OR
("biofabrication"[TIAB]
OR "biofabricated"[TIAB]
OR biofab[TIAB]) OR
("bioprinting"[MeSH
Terms] OR
bioprinting[TIAB] OR
bioprinter[TIAB] OR
bioprint[TIAB]) OR
("additive
manufacturing"[TIAB] OR
"additive
manufacture"[TIAB]) OR
"hybrid printing"[TIAB]
OR ("printing"[MeSH
Terms] AND "tissue
engineering"[MeSH
Terms])

EXAMPLES
Uses In Professional Healthcare Environments

Presurgicalmodeling
Implants
Transplants
Prosthetics

3D-Printing and Facial Prostheses

“Cancer left Eric with half his
face missing and unable to
eat or drink. Now surgeons
have made him a new face
using a 3D PRINTER”

http://www.3dprinter.net/3d-printed-nose | http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2013/nov/08/
faces-3d-printing-prosthetics |
http://www.3dprinter.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/korean-boy-3d-printed-nose-2.jpg | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/
article-2304637/Surgeon-uses-3D-printing-technology-make-cancer-patient-new-face.html

•

•


“The first advantage is you get
something in the exact shape of the
defect you’re trying to replace,”
Shakeshaff says. “More subtly, you
have the ability to organize where the
cells go within the scaffold,” which
leads to better blood vessel formation
and ultimately better bone formation.
<http://www.forbes.com/sites/ptc/
2013/10/31/the-next-big-thing-inmedicine-3d-printed-bones/>
“Most incredibly, though, these
adorable mini kidneys are able to
function in exactly the same ways as
their real, human-bred counterpart—
they can break down toxins,
metabolize, and secrete fluid.” <http://
gizmodo.com/scientists-can-now-3dprint-transplantable-livingkidn-1120783047>

•

““This opens the door to a much wider
range of biocompatible implant
materials, which can be used to
develop customized implant designs
using 3-D printing technology” <http://
news.ncsu.edu/releases/wmsnarayan-riboflavin/>

•

“Printing a whole heart or a whole
bladder is glamorous and exciting,”
he said. “But cartilage might be the
low-hanging fruit to get 3-D printing
into the clinic.” <http://
www.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/
science/next-out-of-the-printer-livingtissue.html?_r=0>

Sensors, biologicals, and more ...

“All three 2013 James Dyson Awards went
to 3D printed projects”

3rd Place: Cortex

2nd Place: Handie

1st Place: Titan Arm
http://www.3dprinter.net/all-three-2013-james-dyson-awards-went-to-3d-printed-projects | http://
www.jamesdysonaward.org/Default.aspx

Interactive real-time 3D printing during surgery?
BioPen to rewrite orthopaedic implants surgery: http://media.uow.edu.au/news/UOW162803.html

EXAMPLES

Patients, Public, and Open-Source

http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2014/02/k-12/library-innovation-leads-new-hand-kansas-boy/ | http://
www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430396,00.asp

EXAMPLES
For Good

http://www.popularmechanics.com/3d-printing-lets-the-blind-experience-gorgeous-hubble-pictures-16357847
| http://www.space.com/24233-3d-printed-hubble-photos-blind-aas223.html
| http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-images-become-tactile-3-d-experience-for-the-blind/


EXAMPLES
New Commercial Uses & Spaces

WHAT CAN LIBRARIES DO?

THUMB PROSTHESES
INSTRUCTABLES?

1) LIBRARYMAKERSPACEL@lists.uﬂ.edu
2) Create -- Creation and
Makerspaces in Libraries
create@cvl-lists.org

FAQ
Liability & 3D Printed Guns
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/roseﬁrerising/5042267058/

What if someone prints a GUN on the LIBRARY’s 3D printer?
OMG!

1. Easier said than done

2. Not exactly a safe idea
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-05/australian-police-warn-3-d-printed-gun-failures

Before

After

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9taL4svjH_g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9taL4svjH_g

3. There are much
easier alternatives.

http://www.motherjones.com/
politics/2013/05/ak-47-semiautomatic-riﬂe-building-party

4. Libraries are experienced with liability

CONTACT
Twitter: @pfanderson
OR pfa@umich.edu

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