Rapid Manufacturing Technologies as methods of free-form fabrication have found a widening area of applications in the medical field. Nowadays medical models, scaffolds, implants and prostheses may be highly individual and customised. Biomodels should have a porous outer layer to increase bone osseointegration and a compact core to provide a required mechanical strength. It is possibile to produce a highly complex geometrical internal structure to reduce weight keeping mechanical properties of the medical part. It is expected that besides small batch or one-off production for the industry, additive metal RM technologies may be applied to provide customised biomodels for individual patients, and – what is most promising – end-use medical products.

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