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3D Scanning for Medical & Basic Research

SHINING 3D scanners enhance Medical & Basic Research with quick 3D data capture with high precision, accurate analysis and easy digital archiving, enabling faster treatment planning, realistic surgical simulations, and customized implants. Integrated with AI and additive manufacturing, 3D scanning advances precise medical equipment manufacturing, biomedical engineering, dentistry and orthopedics, improving both patient care and scientific discovery.

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Overview

The medical and basic research industry is vital for advancing healthcare and scientific understanding, with significant potential in disease understanding, surgical planning and personalized treatment plan.

Its major challenges include high costs, strict regulations, highly customized solutions and the complexity of biological systems. Despite these hurdles, the industry promises significant improvements in health outcomes and medical technologies with 3D scanning technology.

Why 3D Scanning for Medical & Basic Research

3D scanning empowers medical and clinical applications with
High accuracy

High Accuracy Measurement

Blue light scanner: up to 0.005 mm
Hybrid light source handheld scanner: up to 0.05 mm

Digital Storage and Share

Digital Storage and Share

Digital 3D data can be stored, shared, and used for AI-driven analysis, which offers possibilities for remote treatment support.

3D Scanning and 3D Printing

3D Scanning and 3D Printing

3D scanning data can be exported to subsequent 3D printing workflow, which advances production efficiency.

Customized Diagnosis Assistance and Treatment

Customized Diagnosis Assistance and Treatment

3D scanning allows highly customized diagnosing assistance, monitoring, and treating various disease states.

Secure Human Body Scanning

Secure Human Body Scanning

3D scanners from SHINING 3D are equipped with eye-safe LED / infrared VCSEL light sources, 5MP color cameras and advanced algorithms compensate for slight movement.

Compatability and Integration

Compatability and Integration

SHINING 3D provides professional and customized SDK solution to integrate with your current workflow.

3D Scanning for Medical Applications

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3D Scanning for Orthotics and Prosthetics

From capturing accurate patient data to creating fully customized orthoses and prostheses, 3D scanning transforms how clinicians work. Deliver faster results, improve patient comfort, all while reducing costs and streamlining workflows.

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3D Scanning for Orthotics

Custom-fit orthotic solution using high-handheld 3D scanners to create accurate 3D models and measure body parts for cranial remolding orthosis (CRO), spinal / scoliosis braces customization, upper and lower limbs orthoses, foot insole customization, chest deformity treatment for Pectus Carinatum / Excavatum and so on.

High-Precision Results

3D Scanning for Prosthetics

By capturing accurate body measurements, it enables custom-fit prosthetic sockets, upper and lower limbs prosthesis, ear, breast and sports prosthesis and others, reduces pressure points, and improves mobility. Combined with CAD design and 3D printing, it streamlines production, ensures personalized healthcare, and supports faster rehabilitation.

3D Scanning for Digital Dentistry

SHINING 3D offers a comprehensive range of 3D digital dental solutions, starting with the acquisition of 3D data through lab and intraoral 3D scanners for clinics. The process continues with design using professional dental CAD software or our Dental Design Service, followed by the printing of dental products such as working models, orthodontic models, implant models, surgical guides, wax-ups, and partial frameworks using a dental 3D printer. Additionally, we provide post-processing services, including washing and curing systems. SHINING 3D has earned CE and FDA certifications for international product standards, as well as ISO 13485 certification for medical device quality management systems.

Implantation

Digital scans provide precise jaw and tooth data for custom implant planning, improved surgical guides, seamless CAD/CAM and 3D printing integration, leading to faster procedures and better long-term outcomes.

Orthodontics

3D scanning in orthodontics delivers high-precision digital impressions for aligners, braces, and retainers. It eliminates messy molds, enhances treatment planning accuracy, and ensures faster, more comfortable care.

Restoration

3D scanning for dental restorations ensures accurate digital impressions for crowns, bridges, veneers, and inlays. By replacing traditional molds, it provides greater comfort, precision, and efficiency, while enabling seamless CAD/CAM integration for same-day restorations.

Maxillofacial surgery

3D scanning for dental maxillofacial surgery provides precise 3D models of facial structures, combined with intraoral scan data, it enables accurate jaw motion and madibular movement for surgical planning and simulation.

3D Scanning for Medical Research

3D scanning for medical research enables digital modeling, CAD integration, and 3D printing of anatomical organs, tissues and other body parts.

 

3D printed model of plastinated organs for medical education in University of Murcia.
Individualized heel cup mechanical analysis with the combination of 3D scanning and 3D printing for the treatment of plantar heel pain.

Customize the 3D printed helmet with OPM-MEG sensors to reconstruct brain activity instead of traditional magnetoencephalogram (MEG) scanners.

3D scanning accelerates research workflows, enhances accuracy, and opens new possibilities in both clinical and basic science applications for:


  • anatomical modeling
  • biomechanical analysis
  • neurological research
  • and more...

3D Scanning for Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy

3D scanning for rehabilitation and physical therapy enables precise body measurement, posture analysis, and movement tracking. It supports custom orthotics, prosthetics, and assistive devices, ensuring better fit and comfort. By providing accurate data for progress monitoring and personalized treatment plans, 3D scanning improves recovery outcomes and enhances patient care.

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Rehabilitation assistive devices

3D scanning enables precise body measurement and supports custom orthotics, prosthetics, and assistive devices for better fit and comfort.

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Customized stoma care products

Handheld 3D scanners can get 3D stoma replicas and help create custom-fit cutting plate, baseplates and bags for patients to improve quality of life.

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Radiation therapy

3D scanning ensures precise patient positioning and treatment planning. By capturing detailed surface anatomy, it helps design custom immobilization devices like busts and moulds and improves dose targeting accuracy in radiation bolus customization.

3D Scanning for Dermatology and Plastic Surgery

3D scanning for dermatology and plastic surgery provides high-resolution imaging of skin, soft tissue, and facial structures for accurate assessment and treatment planning. It supports skin lesion monitoring, reconstructive surgery, and cosmetic procedures, enabling objective measurements and realistic outcome simulations. With precise before-and-after comparisons, 3D scanning enhances patient communication, confidence, and personalized care.

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Plastic surgery

High-accuracy 3D scanning helps capture intricate details for cosmetic and reconstruction surgery and aesthetics design. With extra analysis feature, it's easy to get a before-after comparison, which provides patient-friendy experience.

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Wound care and burn treatment

High-resolution 3D scanners scan skin surfaces and measure tissue changes over time, which assists in planning grafts and monitoring healing.

3d scanning for hair loss

Hair loss

3D scanning enables precise scalp imaging and volumetric hair analysis, offering accurate assessment of hair density, growth patterns, and treatment progress. It supports personalized treatment planning for hair restoration and transplantation, also for custom wigs.

3D Scanning for Surgical Planning and Simulation

 

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High-accuracy 3D scanning delivers surgical planning and simulation more convenience. It enhances precision, safety, and customization by allowing surgeons to plan procedures, test approaches, and create patient-specific solution.

  • Surgical guide and implant customization
  • Resected surgical specimens, bones, organs, or vascular structures analysis
  • Preoperative planning, surgical rehearsal
  • Assistive analysis with medical imaging (CT, MRI)
  • ...

3D Scanning for Medical Equipment Manufacturing

Medical equipment inspection

Medical equipment inspection

Our high-precision 3D scanners enable you to quickly create accurate 3D models of medical equipment and compare them directly with original CAD files. Reliable inspection throughout the production process ensures every part meets application standards.

Machine learning and database achiving

Machine learning and database achiving

3D scanners quickly capture detailed 3D data from real-world cases and surgical instruments, enabling easy import into learning systems to enhance the performance of medical devices.

3D Scanning for Forensics

3D scanning technology can be applied in the injury assessment and anatomical applications. 3D scanners help digitalize tissues and organs without contact with high accuracy and texture. Digital archiving and visualization of 3D models can be applied in future research and analysis.
Injury Documentation and Analysis

Injury documentation and analysis

3D scanning in injury assessment involves using 3D scanners to create precise 3D models of wounds, burns, fractures, or soft-tissue damage. These digital models enable clinicians to visualize and measure injuries in ways traditional 2D photography or manual measurements cannot.

3d scanning for post-moterm reconstruction

Post-mortem examination and reconstruction

During autopsies, 3D scanning records body surfaces, injuries, and positions before and after dissection. Scans can be applied in “virtual autopsy (virtopsy)” and 3D printing. 

3D Scanners You Can Rely On

Model
EinScan Medixa
EinScan Medixa
H2(1)
EinScan H2
OptimScan Q12 rendering
OptimScan Q12
AutoScan Inspec2
AutoScan Inspec2
Light source
White LED + Infrared VCSEL
White LED + Infrared VCSEL
Blue LED
Blue LED
Human body scan
Yes
Yes
No
No
Movement tolerance
Yes
Yes
No
No
Material adaptability
Normal / Live / Dark
Normal / Dark / Live
Normal / Dark / Reflective
Normal / Dark / Reflective
Texture
Yes
Yes
No
No
Accuracy
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Trusted Partners

shining 3d O&P partners
  • HP 3D Printing

     

    It's super intuitive. The fact that you can see real feedback of what you're scanning is really impressive. I think it's something that can really make a difference. So now heads up for this one.

    David Soriano,

    HP 3D Printing

  • Invent Medical1

     

    So I just used medixa for the first time. Very impressed. You know, tripping over those chords and everything to have that freedom there. And it fills in very quickly and very clearly. 

    Claire Repisky,

    Invent Medical

  • ORTHOMERICA

    It's my first time using the SHINING 3D Medixa. We attempted to scan a Fusion AFO, it worked out really well. It was nice having the screen to see what I was scanning.  Instead of looking at a laptop or trying to figure out where the scanner was in space. That really made a big difference. 

    Vincent Decataldo ,

    ORTHOMERICA

  • Radii Devices

     

    The weight is really nice,  and it works really well. The user experience works really well. It's designed for the particular case. And I really love the way that the scanner behaved. When I scanned the mannequin yesterday at the workshop, it's that intuitive and goes quickly.

    Harry Rossides,

    Radii Devices

  • Testimonial 3DLab

    "There are a lot of people with amputations in Africa, and most of them have never been to school or only have some basic knowledge. the EinScan H2 has made it possible for those without too much knowledge to learn and use it well. It is worth mentioning its accuracy, which helped us a lot."

     

    Merel van der Stelt,

    PhD, 3D Lab Radboudumc

Trusted Worldwide

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