Freeform Printed Isomalt Heart (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Freeform Printed Isomalt Heart

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Freeform printing allows the researchers to make intricate structures that could not be made with traditional layer-by-layer 3D printing, such as this model of a heart. The structures could be used as scaffolds for tissue engineering or device manufacturing.

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Photo by Travis Ross, Beckman Institute

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