The FDA recently greenlit the first device to sterilize 3D-printed products used in healthcare, including personalized surgical guides and anatomical models.
The product is Steris' V-PRO maX 2 Low Temperature Sterilization System, which is a sterilization system with a specialty cycle.
It "can effectively sterilize surgical instruments such as patient-specific surgical guides ... and anatomical models that are fabricated via 3D printing processes and that are intended for single-use during operative procedures," the FDA said.