3D Printed PEEK Spine Implants in Production | The Cool Parts Show Bonus

In episode #63 of The Cool Parts Show, we learned how medical device manufacturer Curiteva is applying a proprietary 3D printing process to produce spine implants from PEEK. Polyether ether ketone offers mechanical properties similar to bone making it attractive for this application, and machined and molded PEEK implants have been in use for years. But Curiteva’s process, Fused Strand Deposition (FSD), brings new geometric possibilities, including porosity that enables better osseointegration. Since our previous episode on the company’s cervical spine implants, Curiteva has achieved FDA clearance for a second product line of lower lumbar implants. In this bonus video, we visit its Huntsville, Alabama, facility to learn how the manufacturer is now scaling up production of these implants through FSD.
This bonus episode of The Cool Parts Show is sponsored by Carpenter Additive: www.carpenteradditive.com/
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Corrections to a few of the numbers in this video: To date, around 50 surgeons have used Curiteva’s Inspire implants. More than 2,000 of the devices have been implanted into more than 1,000 patients, with some of them receiving two or more implants.

[@aurorajones8481]

Thats really neat. Thanks AMM. The fact they build their own machines is unique.

[@jeffScotty]

Omg!!! I LOve thiS chaNNel🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@raulkaap]

I hope I'll never need one but it would be cool to have one.

[@truvak]

Amazing.

[@DFEUERMAN]

Printed PEEK implants sounds like peak-efficiency!

[@AdditiveManufacturing]

👏

[@bArda26]

I wonder why they don't have a better sealing doors for their printers since PEEK needs to print at a high nozzle and environment temp and any temperature gradient would not be preferred in my opinion. It's really cool, I didn't even know PEEK is safe enough to be used as an implant!

[@deepak_nigwal]

how did the FDA approved it, if its not safe in the first place?