3D Printing for Biomedical Engineering
Additive Manufacturing Processes, Properties, and Applications
- 1st Edition - October 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Md Enamul Hoque, R Kumar, Ian Gibson
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 6 1 0 0 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 6 1 0 1 - 8
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Request a sales quote3D Printing for Biomedical Engineering: Additive Manufacturing Processes, Properties, and Applications combines cutting-edge research developments with fundamental concepts related to processing, properties, and applications of advanced additive manufacturing technology in the medical field. State-of-the-art 3D bioprinting techniques such as the manufacturing of mini-organs for new drug testing as an alternative to animal testing are covered, as are reverse engineering techniques for the improvement of additive manufactured biomedical products. The book starts with chapters introducing readers to currently available additive manufacturing techniques for biomedical prototypes, along with design, development, process, and parameter considerations for these methods.
Following chapters cover the mechanical, thermal, electrical, and optical properties of 3D printed biomedical prototypes. The next section of the book discusses 3D printing in different biomedical fields, such as in heart surgery, intervertebral disc implants, dentistry, facial reconstructive surgery, oral surgery, spinal surgery, and more. The book concludes with a section outlining immediate and future challenges in the field as well as related environmental and ethical issues.
- Outlines the design, development, process, and applications of 3D printed medical biomaterials
- Covers the mechanical, thermal, electrical, optical, and surface properties of these materials
- Applications discussed include heart surgery, intervertebral disc implants, oral surgery, facial reconstructive surgery, dentistry, drug development, and more
Graduate students and researchers in biomedical engineering, materials science, and engineering, Graduate medical students and medical researchers
Section A: Introduction, Fabrication, Properties and Testing
1. Introduction to 3D Printing Technologies and Biomedical Prototypes
2. 3D Printing Methods for Making Biomedical Components: Process and Parameters
3. Design and Development of Biomedical Devices
4. Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Biomedical Prototypes
5. Thermal Properties of 3D Printed Biomedical Prototypes
6. Dielectric and Optical Properties of 3D Printed Biomedical Prototypes
7. Surface Properties of 3D Printed Biomedical Prototypes
8. Errors and Accuracy of 3D Printed Biomedical Prototypes
9. Improvement of 3D Printing with Reverse Engineering
Section B: Implementation of 3D Printing in Biomedical Fields
10. 3D Printing for Congenital Heart Surgery
11. 3D Printing for Cranioplasty Implants
12. 3D Printing for Customized Intervertebral Disc Implants
13. 3D Printing for Dentistry
14. 3D Printing for Facial Reconstructive Surgery
15. 3D Printing for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
16. 3D Printing for Orthopaedic Surgery
17. 3D Printing for Prosthetic Sockets
18. 3D Printing for Repairing Fracture Bone Defects
19. 3D Printing for Spinal Surgery
20. 3D Printing for Surgical Aid Tools
21. 3D Printing for Tissue Engineering
22. 3D Printing for Therapeutic Strategy
Section C: Challenges, Risks and Scopes
23. Opportunities, Challenges and Potentials of 3DPrinting
24. Environmental Issues and Welfares of 3D Printing
25. Ethical and Legal Issues with 3D Printing
1. Introduction to 3D Printing Technologies and Biomedical Prototypes
2. 3D Printing Methods for Making Biomedical Components: Process and Parameters
3. Design and Development of Biomedical Devices
4. Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Biomedical Prototypes
5. Thermal Properties of 3D Printed Biomedical Prototypes
6. Dielectric and Optical Properties of 3D Printed Biomedical Prototypes
7. Surface Properties of 3D Printed Biomedical Prototypes
8. Errors and Accuracy of 3D Printed Biomedical Prototypes
9. Improvement of 3D Printing with Reverse Engineering
Section B: Implementation of 3D Printing in Biomedical Fields
10. 3D Printing for Congenital Heart Surgery
11. 3D Printing for Cranioplasty Implants
12. 3D Printing for Customized Intervertebral Disc Implants
13. 3D Printing for Dentistry
14. 3D Printing for Facial Reconstructive Surgery
15. 3D Printing for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
16. 3D Printing for Orthopaedic Surgery
17. 3D Printing for Prosthetic Sockets
18. 3D Printing for Repairing Fracture Bone Defects
19. 3D Printing for Spinal Surgery
20. 3D Printing for Surgical Aid Tools
21. 3D Printing for Tissue Engineering
22. 3D Printing for Therapeutic Strategy
Section C: Challenges, Risks and Scopes
23. Opportunities, Challenges and Potentials of 3DPrinting
24. Environmental Issues and Welfares of 3D Printing
25. Ethical and Legal Issues with 3D Printing
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 550
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443161001
- eBook ISBN: 9780443161018
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Md Enamul Hoque
Dr Md Enamul Hoque is a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Before joining MIST, he served in several leading positions in some other global universities such as Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at King Faisal University (KFU), Saudi Arabia; Founding Head of Bioengineering Division, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) and so on. He received his PhD in 2007 from the National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore. He also obtained his PGCHE (Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education) from the University of Nottingham, UK in 2015. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) certified by the Engineering Council, UK; Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering (FIMechE), UK; Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK and Member, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology. He has published more than 100 articles, more than 10 books, over 75 book chapters, and over 100 International Conference presentations/proceedings.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Dhaka, BangladeshRK
R Kumar
Dr. R. Kumar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Eritrea Institute of Technology. His research interests include manufacturing, friction drilling, welding, and machining of aluminum, polymer composites and metal matrix composites.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Eritrea Institute of Technology.IG
Ian Gibson
Ian Gibson is a professor in Industrial Design Engineering and Scientific Director of the University's Fraunhofer Project Centre in complex systems engineering at the University of Twente. His first teaching position was at Nottingham University in 1992, where he was introduced to Rapid Prototyping, which is now more commonly known as 3D Printing (3DP) or Additive Manufacturing (AM). Ian has spent the last 25+ years working with this extremely enabling technology to solve problems in healthcare, automotive, aerospace, and other industrial sectors by engaging in applied research. In 2017, Ian was awarded the Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Excellence (FAME) award in the US for his contribution to the academic AM community, something that only 9 other people have so far received.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Design Engineering ,University of Twente