At A Glance
Northwell Health operates a hospital-based 3D printing facility led by Todd Goldstein, utilizing a range of Formlabs printers—including the Form 4BL—to produce surgical planning models, anatomical replicas, and medical devices. The facility benefits from Formlabs’ extensive resin library and FDA-validated integration with Mimics software, ensuring biocompatibility and compliance for in-hospital printing. Goldstein reports a 100% success rate with the Form 4BL, highlighting its reliability and speed as critical factors in meeting tight surgical deadlines and enhancing patient care.
At Northwell Health, Todd Goldstein runs a hospital-based 3D printing facility for surgical planning, anatomical model creation, and some medical device development. The facility has all types of Formlabs printers — all of which are actively utilized: a Form Cell with Form 2s, a Form 3, a Form 3BL, a Form 4, a Fuse 1, and now, Form 4BL. Goldstein says that, “With Formlabs, we have a wide variety and library of resins, and your printers are part of the FDA-validated pathway for Mimics.” This validation is key for printing inside the hospital.
"Since we're producing surgical-grade equipment, the biocompatibility of the resins is crucial. The ability for prints to start and finish correctly, along with the duration of the prints, can impact patient care if we’re working against a deadline. With Form 4BL, we’ve achieved a 100% success rate on our parts."
The significant time improvements of Form 4BL enable Goldstein to print an extra batch of prints each day.
3D printing at Northwell Health never stops because the hospital operates 24/7, meaning Goldstein gets requests at all hours, so efficiency, reliability, and ease of use are requirements for 3D printers. Setting up Form 4BL, says Goldstein, was “pretty straightforward. Plug it in and we’re up and running within a couple of minutes.” He also saw significant drops in print time, with some large batches going from 20 hours to eight.
“The speed has been great. We're getting an extra batch on the printers, which helps with the quantity we can produce. The improvements with the dashboards have been really appreciated and utilized heavily — you can start prints remotely as long as the printer's primed. That's been very helpful.”
Ultimately, Goldstein says, “We could probably get away with having no Form 4Bs and only having the Form 4BLs, because the resolution, accuracy, and printing capabilities are pretty much similar.” This would give him the option of printing large parts or batches no matter when requests arrive.
The Fastest Large-Format Medical 3D Printer
Form 4BL is our response to the pain points of users, enabling fast, reliable, and accurate printing of large parts so you can spend more time innovating and less time printing. Meet the needs of surgeons with a printer capable of printing an entire spine. Print large medical devices in a single day. Or reduce inventory and production costs with on-demand manufacturing of end-use medical devices.
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