EnvisionTEC Unveils New In-Vivo Medical-Grade Materials and Feature Options for 3D-Bioplotter

• New medical-grade biomaterials suitable for use in wound repair,
  biosensor housings, bone regeneration, drug release and more
• Three grades of ready-to-print biomaterials now available for use with
  the EnvisionTEC 3D-Bioplotter: technical, research and medical grade,
  which deliver the highest purity and quality
• 3D-Bioplotter now offers its photo curing head with an additional
  wavelength

DEARBORN, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#3dprinting–EnvisionTEC, a leading global manufacturer of desktop and
full-production 3D printers and materials, today announced two new
medical-grade materials that make printing parts for implantation in
humans safe and easy.

EnvisionTEC’s two new ready-to-print Medical Grade (MG) materials – a
liquid silicone rubber and a biodegradable PCL polyester ― are
manufactured with the highest purity and can be implanted in humans
after 3D printing on the company’s 3D-Bioplotter series printers.

The world’s leading bioprinter since 2002, EnvisionTEC’s 3D-Bioplotter
is offered in three models ― Starter, Developer and Manufacturer ― that
make bioprinting accessible to educators, medical researchers and global
manufacturing companies.

Demonstration parts 3D printed in the new materials will be on display
this week in Fort Worth, Texas, at RAPID + TCT, the premier event for 3D
manufacturing in North America. EnvisionTEC is sponsoring the event’s
Medical Manufacturing Innovations conference and will also be showcasing
other innovations in Booth 1304.

“These new materials show that EnvisionTEC continues to work closely
with our customers and partners to develop materials that can be easily
used on our highly accurate and reliable 3D-Bioplotter,” said CEO Al
Siblani.

FDA Master Files are available upon request for the two new materials,
which are now available for purchase:

• UV Silicone 60A MG ― a biocompatible, bio-inert, non-biodegradable
  liquid silicone rubber that is cured with a UV light and delivers a
  Shore A hardness of 60. A transparent material, it can also be mixed
  with pigments. Approved only for short-term use in the body (29 days
  or less). Sold by the kilogram. Suitable applications include
  microfluidics, wound dressings, bio-sensor housings and prototyping.
• HT PCL MG ― a biodegradable thermoplastic polyester that is processed
  at high temperatures. To be offered in two molecular weights that
  affect stiffness, flexibility and degradation time: 80 kDa and 120
  kDa. Available in 1 kg or 100 g packages. Suitable for both short-term
  and long-term use in the body (longer than 29 days). Ideal
  applications include bone regeneration, cartilage regeneration, drug
  release and hybrid scaffolds.

Customers can change between 365 nm and 405 nm light sources just as
quickly and easily as changing material cartridges on a low temperature
printing head.

History of Ready-to-Print Biomaterials

The 3D-Bioplotter is EnvisionTEC’s only open-source materials printer ―
a feature designed to give medical researchers and manufacturers the
flexibility to develop their own materials for unique research or a
specific patient.

For more than 15 years, 3D-Bioplotter users have been printing
silicones, thermoplastics, hydrogels and more, to advance groundbreaking
research in regenerative medicine, drug delivery and materials science,
among other topics.

As the 3D-Bioplotter has become ever more popular, however, with more
than 200 citations in peer-reviewed journals, there has been increasing
demand for standard 3D printing materials.

For convenience, EnvisionTEC now sells three grades of materials, with
varying levels of purity and cost, to expedite research and
manufacturing, such as printing supports for tissue engineering
applications or structures for soft implants:

• Technical Grade (TG)
• Research Grade (RG)
• Medical Grade (MG)

Several of EnvisionTEC’s standard bioprinting materials also come with
low-temperature (LT) or high-temperature (HT) designations, to meet
different printing needs. For example, EnvisionTEC offers LT and HT
versions of its Support RG material. These research-grade materials can
be used to create sacrificial supports that are dissolved in distilled
water after the support is no longer needed. The LT version is
cellulose-based and has a processing temperature of 23°C or 73°F, while
the HT version is sugar-based and can be processed at 150°C or 302°F.

As the world leader in bioprinting solutions, EnvisionTEC continues to
develop bioprinting materials with its global partners as the field of
regenerative medicine evolves and bioprinting expands in the coming
years into clinical trials and manufacturing production.

More information about the company’s new biomaterials can be found at EnvisionTEC.com/biomaterials.

About EnvisionTEC

EnvisionTEC is a leading global provider of professional-grade 3D
printing solutions. Founded in 2002 with its pioneering commercial DLP
printing technology, EnvisionTEC now sells 3D printers based on six
distinct technologies that build objects from digital design files. The
company’s technology serves a variety of medical, professional and
industrial markets, and is valued for precision, surface quality,
functionality and speed. EnvisionTEC’s intellectual property includes
more than 140 pending and granted patents. Learn more at EnvisionTEC.com.

Contacts

EnvisionTEC
Sarah A. Webster, +1-313-888-4460
[email protected]