The 3D printing platform at the Paris Hospitals allows for the creation of a perfect replica of a human body part, enabling visualization before prosthesis implantation or for planning complex surgery. Its staff also develop educational tools to inform patients and promote preventative care.
Therapeutic tools (at the top, a replica of a patient's spine before surgery) and devices for training and research of caregivers (at the bottom, various reproductions of parts of the human body) made by the Prim3D team using several 3D printing techniques (at the top, a fused filament deposition printer).
Photos: François Guenet/Divergence for Sciences et Avenir
This article is taken from the monthly magazine Sciences et Avenir n°948, dated February 2026.
Weighing a plastic spine, Delphine Prieur proudly presents the first medical objects printed by the Prim3D platform. For the young head of this internal service of the AP-HP (Paris Public Hospitals), it is concrete proof of the potential of 3D printing as a medical asset.
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