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Digital Light Processing Based Three-dimensional Printing for Medical Applications

Jiumeng Zhang1 ,  Qipeng Hu2 ,  Shuai Wang1 ,  Jie Tao1 ,  Maling Gou1*
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1 State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610065, China
2 Department of Thoracic Oncology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
IJB 2020, 6(1), 242 https://doi.org/10.18063/ijb.v6i1.242
Published: 28 November 2019
© 2019 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
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Abstract

An additive manufacturing technology based on projection light, digital light processing (DLP), three-dimensional (3D) printing, has been widely applied in the field of medical products production and development. The precision projection light, reflected by a digital micromirror device of million pixels instead of one focused point, provides this technology both printing accuracy and printing speed. In particular, this printing technology provides a relatively mild condition to cells due to its non-direct contact. This review introduces the DLP-based 3D printing technology and its applications in medicine, including precise medical devices, functionalized artificial tissues, and specific drug delivery systems. The products are particularly discussed for their significance in medicine. This review indicates that the DLP-based 3D printing technology provides a potential tool for biological research and clinical medicine. While, it is faced to the challenges of scale-up of its usage and waiting period of regulatory approval.

Keywords
Digital light processing
Three-dimensional print
Medical devices
Tissue engineering
Pharmacy
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