Micro Marvin from Medical Innovation company Sutrue

[Cinter]

This is one Very Important Marvin, brought to you by Sutrue.

Alex has been creating some outstanding medical devices using an SLA 3D Printer, establishing 3D printing as a core technology for easing the route to market for innovation in medicine.

Featured on the BBC and hailed as one of the best examples of the capability of the formlabs printer.

Marvin was printed as a calibration object for their re-calibrated machine (and as a little thank you to Cinter)

• Printer model: formlabs Form1+
• Print resolution: 25 microns (no speed settings, the layer size determines that)
• Material type, infill, support usage, etc: White FormLabs resin with automated supports (see image attached)
• Software: Take the .STL provided on thingiverse scaled down to 40% and put into formlabs own software “preform” version 1.8.2
• Total print time: 2 hours and 6 minutes
• Tips from Alex that might improve the end result: Set the angle of the part to print so that supports don’t encroach into any delicate features (preform helps you do that, see image attached)

Thank you Alex and Sutrue we love these little guys and they are keeping good company with Mayoral Marvin

[Arnoldas]

I am sure the Marvin is also very happy to be in a company like that! @Cinter I’d love to see examples of these 3D printed medical devices though. Do you have some pics or stories to share??

[Cinter]

@Arnoldas we sure do it is pretty game changing! The suturing device has gained favoured support from highly acclaimed surgeons at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London.

If you follow this link http://formlabs.com/applications/engineering/ you can read all about it

[3DMatters2Us]

We did something similar when we printed Marvin using our FormLabs Form1+. https://www.3dhubs.com/concord/hubs/3dmatters2us

[gabriela3d]

I love the teeny tiny Marvin Thanks for sharing, guys!