Recent Advances in the Production of Pharmaceuticals Using Selective Laser Sintering

Selective laser sintering (SLS) is an additive manufacturing process that has shown promise in the production of medical devices, including hip cups, knee trays, dental crowns, and hearing aids. SLS-based 3D-printed dosage forms have the potential to revolutionise the production of personalised drug...

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Published in:Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2023-07, Vol.8 (4), p.330
Main Authors: Balasankar, Athinarayanan, Anbazhakan, Kandasamy, Arul, Velusamy, Mutharaian, Velankadu Natrayan, Sriram, Ganesan, Aruchamy, Kanakaraj, Oh, Tae Hwan, Ramasundaram, Subramaniyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
3-D printers
3D printing
Additive manufacturing
biomedicines
Design
drug release
Laser sintering
Medical equipment
Medicine
Methods
Pharmaceutical industry
pharmaceuticals
Polymers
Porosity
Raw materials
Review
selective laser sintering
Software
Tissue engineering
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Summary:Selective laser sintering (SLS) is an additive manufacturing process that has shown promise in the production of medical devices, including hip cups, knee trays, dental crowns, and hearing aids. SLS-based 3D-printed dosage forms have the potential to revolutionise the production of personalised drugs. The ability to manipulate the porosity of printed materials is a particularly exciting aspect of SLS. Porous tablet formulations produced by SLS can disintegrate orally within seconds, which is challenging to achieve with traditional methods. SLS also enables the creation of amorphous solid dispersions in a single step, rather than the multi-step process required with conventional methods. This review provides an overview of 3D printing, describes the operating mechanism and necessary materials for SLS, and highlights recent advances in SLS for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. Furthermore, an in-depth comparison and contrast of various 3D printing technologies for their effectiveness in tissue engineering applications is also presented in this review.
ISSN:2313-7673
2313-7673
DOI:10.3390/biomimetics8040330