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Author(s):: ZHOU Xi1; ZHAO Hong2; WANG Yilin1; HUANG Wenhua1; 2; 1. Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Translation of Medical 3D Printing Application/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digital Medicine and Biomechanics/National Key Discipline of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology/School of Basic Medical Science, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China 2. Department of Human Anatomy and Histoembryology/School of Basic Medical Science, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, China

Keywords:: Keywords: polydimethylsiloxane extruding 3D printing embedded 3D printing photo-curing 3D printing review

Abstract:: Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is an elastic material with good biocompatibility and certain optical transparency. With the development of 3D printing technology, PDMS has shown great application prospects in the medicine. Compared with indirect 3D printing, direct 3D printing for PDMS molding has received more attention. Extruding 3D printing technology, embedded 3D printing technology and photo-curing 3D printing technology are most commonly-used direct 3D printing technologies for PDMS molding. The review briefly introduces the characteristics of PDMS and its applications in the medicine, elaborates the direct 3D printing technologies commonly used in PDMS molding, and puts forward an outlook about the future applications of PDMS in the medicine.