Stratasys completes US rollout of 3D-printed imaging support material

Stratasys’3D printed RadioMatrix exertion is present afloat disposable successful the US, offering clinicians a level to make radio-realistic models.

Made of a worldly called radiopaque, RadioMatrix is claimed to beryllium the archetypal 3D printed worldly that delivers power implicit radiopacity. This enables clinicians tin nutrient patient-specific models with ‘fully tuneable’ visibility connected X-ray-based imaging.

Applicable for image-based grooming and surgical planning, 3D printing specializer Stratasys said the worldly aims to make much controlled, repeatable environments for research.

Stratasys's healthcare vice-president Erez Ben-Zvi called the afloat US commercialisation of RadioMatrix a “major step” successful advancing imaging acquisition and training.

Ben-Zvi said: “By giving radiologists and instrumentality manufacturers the quality to people ultra-realistic, customised radiographically close models, we’re helping regenerate accepted phantom solutions and reliance connected cadavers with customisable, repeatable, and scalable alternatives."

In February 2025, Stratasys and Siemens Healthineers presented information from a collaboration which showed that 3D printed RadioMatrix ‘phantoms’ were capable to intimately replicate existent quality insubstantial successful CT imaging, with reported deviations arsenic debased arsenic azygous Hounsfield units (HU) successful captious areas specified arsenic grey substance and veins.

The companies’ enactment recovered that anatomically realistic, radio-accurate phantoms could sphere good anatomical details and pathological variations circumstantial to idiosyncratic patients.

Siemens Healthineers paired its imaging algorithms with Stratasys’ 3D printed worldly to amended however radiologists validate and optimise CT protocols, on with accelerating the improvement of caller imaging algorithms for much precise diagnosis and attraction planning.

According to GlobalData analysis, the aesculapian 3D printing marketplace is increasing astatine a compound yearly maturation complaint (CAGR) of 21% and is forecast to scope a marketplace valuation of $4bn successful 2026, up from $2bn successful 2022.

Beyond imaging-related grooming protocols, successful the healthcare space, 3D printing is driving alteration successful the readying of, and assistance during surgical procedures. Research published successful Academic Radiology has indicated that the usage of 3D anatomic models arsenic surgical guides reduced surgical clip by a mean of 62 minutes and resulted successful outgo savings of $3,720 per case.

In different healthcare segments, Stratasys is progressive successful a collaboration with CollPlant Biotechnologies to make 3D-printed bosom implants portion US-based biotechnology institution FluidForm Bio is moving to beforehand 3D-printing of quality cardiac insubstantial utilizing freeform reversible embedding of suspended hydrogels (FRESH) 3D bioprinting.