French medical system firm PROTEOR has acquired Filament Improvements, an organization specializing in 3D printing applied sciences for the orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) business. The acquisition broadens PROTEOR’s digital options portfolio to incorporate scanning, rectification, and 3D printing instruments, supporting the event of personalized medical system options.
Filament Improvements: Areas of Focus and Key Collaborations
Filament Improvements operates primarily in two areas: 3D printing know-how and printing supplies. The corporate focuses on extrusion-based, high-speed 3D printing with carbon-filled supplies. Its ICARUS 3D printer is utilized in medical settings for purposes akin to producing definitive sockets. As well as, the corporate manufactures quite a lot of printing supplies, together with pellets and filaments constructed from PETG, TPU, and CPX-Kyrion MAX.
In 2024, Filament Improvements collaborated with Dyze Design, a producer of high-performance, pellet-based extrusion programs, to combine the Aurora movement management system into its platforms. Aurora was developed to streamline skilled and industrial 3D printing workflows by producing detailed validation studies and offering extra user-friendly interfaces. The system addresses key operational challenges and improves manufacturing effectivity for each producers and finish customers.
Trade-Broad Momentum in Digital O&P Options
The PROTEOR–Filament Improvements deal is one in all a number of strategic strikes within the rising digital O&P sector. In early 2024, Qwadra—the digital arm of Eqwal and a worldwide supplier of digital O&P options—entered a strategic partnership with Danish firm Create it REAL, a developer of superior 3D printing applied sciences. The collaboration integrates Create it REAL’s patented Programmable Foam know-how into Qwadra’s Sona Flex and Sona Edge 3D printers. The event is meant to reinforce the flexibility of clinicians to supply orthopedic gadgets with improved precision, velocity, and materials effectivity.
Earlier, in 2019, PVA—a worldwide provider of fluid shelling out and conformal coating programs—acquired Create Orthotics & Prosthetics, a New York-based supplier of 3D printed O&P gadgets. The acquisition led to the formation of PVA’s Medical System Division, increasing the corporate’s attain past electronics meeting into healthcare purposes.Â
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Featured picture reveals man leaping with a 3D prosthesis. Picture PROTEOR.
