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3d printing
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Health Care and Life Sciences
3D-Printed Medicine is On its Way—But Future is Murky
The FDA is moving ahead on 3D printed drugs. But are we ready for that? [caption id="attachment_1008228" align="alignright" width="380"] Photo Credit: lu_lu cc[/caption] 3D printing will obviously offer major disruption…
Life Sciences Legal Update
IEEE Developing New Standards for 3D Printers For Medical Uses
By Lisa Baird, Farah Tabibkhoei
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association (IEEE) is developing new interoperability standards for medical devices, 3D printers and other eHealth devices. IEEE P3333.2.5, Draft Standard for Bio-CAD…
Life Sciences Legal Update
3D Printing Comes Face-to-Face with the Learned Intermediary Rule
By Lisa Baird
3D Printing has been a hot subject on this blog lately. From our first 3D Printing white paper, “3D Printing of Medical Devices: When a Novel Technology Meets Traditional Legal…
Drug & Device Law
Guest Post – First Contact – 3D Printing Meets the Learned Intermediary Rule
By Bexis
Here is a guest post on an interesting case. It's the first decision that we're aware of in which a 3D printed medical device (or any 3D printed product) has…
Life Sciences Legal Update
3D Printing Changing the Future of Health Care for Patients
By Lisa Baird
Our 3D Printing task force prepared our first 3D Printing white paper, “3D Printing of Medical Devices: When a Novel Technology Meets Traditional Legal Principles” last month because we are…
ILN IP Insider
Can 3-D Scanning and Printing be a Copyright Infringement?
By Daniel H. Bliss of Howard & Howard
Suppose that you have a unique configuration for your physical object. You find out that your competitor has scanned the configuration of your object and is printing the object with…
Technology Law Dispatch
Navigating Intellectual Property Ramifications of 3D Printing
3D printing technology is rapidly evolving and has the potential to significantly change the way that medical devices are used in patient treatment. As the potential benefits and use of…
Healthcare Law Insights
Medical Advancements in 3D Printing
By Kris Kappel
3D printing continues to transform the medical field. Recently, doctors in Spain produced the world’s first 3D-printed rib cage and sternum, which is made entirely of titanium. The doctors surgically…
Drug & Device Law
Shameless Plugs − More Support From Your Local Bloggers
By Bexis
On this Friday afternoon, we thought we’d let our readers know about a couple of other drug/device-related irons that members of your blogging team have in the fire right now.…
Product Liability Advocate
Is Our Legal System Ready for the Evolution of 3D Printing Technology?
By Russ Vignali, Genese K. Dopson
When we wrote back in November 2013 about 3D Printing and Product Liability Law, we predicted that the 3D printing revolution “will challenge our long-held notions of product liability law…