Haldeman Homme, Inc. Technical Products Division Hosts 3D Printing in Healthcare Seminar

The Haldeman Homme, Inc. Technical Products Division along with partner Stratasys, and Advancedtek hosted a seminar on the importance of 3D printing in the medical field at the University of Minnesota. In a field where innovation saves lives, 3D printing is empowering doctors, researchers, and medical device manufacturers to work faster, test more thoroughly, and personalize training and care like never before. Attendees of the seminar included Medical professionals, Researchers, Educators, and students, who discovered how 3D printing can enhance education through hands-on training, support hospitals with custom devices, optimize surgical planning, and validate device performance.

Experts on 3D printing from the medical field presented attendees with examples of 3D printed anatomical models, prototypes, and more that have improved patient outcomes and confidence. At the end of the seminar attendees were also given tours of the University of Minnesota Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center and the Visible Heart Research Laboratory.

The next session was presented by Dr. Arthur Erdman, a professor of mechanical engineering, specializing in mechanical design, bioengineering, and product design at the University of Minnesota. He discussed “Integrating 3D Printing in the Medical Device Design Process.” Dr. Erdman is also the Director of the Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center at the University of Minnesota and led a tour of the facility. He showed firsthand how students are learning mechanical design on a whole new level by actually stepping into one of their designs using 3D technology and virtual reality.

Henisha Dhandhusaria and Jacob Drexler from Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI) showed how 3D printing in healthcare is being utilized on an industrial level in their session titled “Printing Pathways to Innovation.” They highlighted how 3D printing has helped design prototypes faster, validate their device performance, and saved them valuable time and money.