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# Technical Guidance on 3-D Printed Devices
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/technical-guidance-on-3-d-printed-devices/
- Published: 2016-05-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T21:01:28.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5135623

*Federal Register* Notice: FDA is making available a draft guidance entitled Technical Considerations for Additive Manufactured Devices. The agency has developed this draft leapfrog guidance to provide its initial thoughts on technical considerations specific to devices using additive manufacturing, the broad category of manufacturing encompassing 3-dimensional (3D) printing. To download this guidance, click [here](http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/GuidanceDocuments/UCM499809?ref=fdaweb.com). To view this notice, click [here.](https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-05-10/pdf/2016-10924.pdf?ref=fdaweb.com)