The French company Kicmed utilizes additive manufacturing to create a medical cryotherapy device.
The medical industry in France is constantly innovating to improve healthcare, enhance patient comfort, and make practitioners’ daily lives easier. Kicmed, a startup based in the Nantes region, has developed a medical cryotherapy device that integrates additive manufacturing, specifically a 3D-printed silicone sleeve.
Cryotherapy is a treatment that involves exposing an area of the body, or even the whole body, to very low temperatures to promote healing.
Kicmed team shares their experience on how the device works and the role 3D technologies played in its development.
Author's summary: Kicmed develops cryotherapy device using 3D printing.