Desktop Metal launches a line specifically devoted to healthcare-adjacent products
March 15, 2021
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From Desktop Metal launches a health-focused business line on TechCrunch:
Desktop Metal announced that it launched Desktop Health, a line specifically devoted to healthcare-adjacent products. The line encompasses a number of different technologies, including binder jetting, bioprinting and various materials.
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“Today the world manufactures more than $85 billion in medical and dental implants each year,”
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Dentistry/orthodontics continue to be top of mind (think retainers and Invisalign-style braces, to start), but current and future applications extend beyond that. The list includes things like tissue and graft printing, as the company explores how the process might grow in the future.
Tissue engineering is a huge growth opportunity.