Researchers from the AGH University of Science and Technology (AGH) in Krakow together with medical physicists and doctors from the Department of Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Oncology at the University Hospital in Krakow have developed  a technology for 3D printing of polymer inserts for eye applicators. Solutions of this type are used in the treatment of intraocular tumours, including malignant eye tumours – choroidal melanomas.

According to AGH, the aim of the doctors, medical physicists and material engineers was to create their own reproducible technology for manufacturing the polymer inlay in the shortest possible time, to become independent of external suppliers and to improve the functional properties of the polymer inlays, while at the same time being able to immediately implement the invention in the treatment of eye tumours at the University Hospital in Krakow.

As a result of their work, the researchers have succeeded in implementing 3D printing technology for polymer insoles for ocular applicators.