The Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing Special Interest Group (SIG) is back and we have a great online event lined up for you on “Where are we now?”.
This event is in partnership with The University of Nottingham – Centre for Additive Manufacturing. The webinar will cover:
– “Where are we now?”
– The national additive manufacturing strategy: unleashing the potential in the medtech sector
– Regulatory considerations for Additive Manufactured Medical Devices
DURATION: 1.5 hours
This free to attend event is held as part of the INSTILS programme – a project part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, click here to be re-directed to further information about the project. This event is classed as State Aid to participating businesses, the value of which is £190, but is delivered completely free of charge to participants.
Speaker Profiles
Ruth Goodridge, Professor in Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing), The University of Nottingham
Ruth is Professor of Additive Manufacturing (3D-Printing) at the University of Nottingham. She is currently on secondment to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, based in Clinical Engineering. With a degree in Biomaterials and PhD in Bioengineering, she has a particular interest in the medical applications of Additive Manufacturing, including assistive and rehabilitation devices (inc. prosthetics), implants and diagnostics. She has 20 years experience in multidisciplinary research into Additive Manufacturing, including a 2-year JSPS fellowship held at NAIST, Japan. Her expertise lies in material development for AM and advancing understanding of coupled material-processing aspects, in particular for polymer and glass powder bed fusion.
Paul Unwin, Industrial Chair, Additive Manufacturing Strategy Steering Group (AM UK)
AM UK is an independent, government-backed collaboration, positioned to help drive the UK’s AM strategy. The national strategy published in September 2017 provides recommendations to enable UK industry to unlock the full commercial potential of additive manufacturing and presents the output of 5 years of work undertaken by the UK AM community.
Previously, Paul was the founding CEO of the Stanmore Implants Worldwide Ltd, who are a world renowned specialist orthopaedic implant service provider. Paul was the creator and architect of a ground-breaking patient-specific implant system that integrated patient imaging, implant design, implant manufacture utilising Additive Manufacturing and placing the implants with the aid of robotics, culminating in the successful surgical placement – a world first. Paul and his team began investigating additive manufacturing for orthopaedic implants in 2006 and after following an extensive development programme built and implanted one of the first additive manufactured mega bone replacements in 2011.
Ashley Stratton-Powell, Senior Medical Device Specialist, MHRA
Ashley is Technical Lead for Orthopaedics at Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). He leads a team of Medical Device Specialists who are responsible for investigating trends in adverse incident reports, issuing patient safety alerts and producing guidance on regulatory issues. He has a PhD in Medical Engineering from the University of Leeds and is a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
