Johnson & Johnson and HP Inc. Subsidiary Team Up to Create Health Care Solutions with 3D Printing Technologies

 
Johnson & Johnson announces a collaboration between Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. and a subsidiary of HP Inc. The collaboration is focused on using 3D printing technologies to create better health care outcomes at reduced costs. 

Working together, the companies plan to combine their scientific, clinical, material science and technological expertise, and deep insights to develop products and solutions which can be manufactured quickly and customized to the needs of an individual patient or consumer.

In the near-term, the collaboration will focus on personalization of instrumentation and software for patient-specific healthcare devices.  It is anticipated that 3D printing technology will lead to innovation in areas such as consumer products, orthopaedics, and eye health, among others.

Combined with advances in data mining and software, 3D printing could enable distributed manufacturing models and patient-specific products, therapies and solutions that deliver better outcomes, better economics and improved global accessibility. 

The collaboration has already begun, with teams of experts from both organizations working together.