Marleine Tamer, a researcher at LOF – Laboratory Of the Future and a partner in the Digital Urology 3D project, had the honor of participating in the 1st National 3D Printing Symposium, organized by the University Hospitals’ 3D Network and supported by the Directors General of the University Regional Hospitals.
On this occasion, she presented the progress of her work on “3D printing of biomimetic materials for phantom organs,” which aims to highlight a complete innovation chain ranging from patient imaging (MRI, CT scan) to the manufacture of personalized, vascularized biomimetic renal models with mechanical properties close to human tissue.
🔬 This work explores in particular:
• the development of innovative silicone inks capable of reproducing certain physiological behaviors such as bleeding;
• multi-material printing in optimized support gels;
• the creation of ultra-realistic surgical simulators for robot-assisted surgery;
• the clinical evaluation of these models by junior and expert practitioners.
These advances open up major prospects for surgeon training, personalized preoperative planning, and improving the quality of care.
The Digital Urology 3D RHU project is supported by a government grant managed by the ANR (National Research Agency) as part of the third Future Investment Program (PIA), integrated into France 2030 – reference ANR-21-RHUS-0015.
👏 Congratulations to Marleine TAMER and all the teams involved in this ambitious project serving medical innovation and the surgery of the future.
