Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a component by means of an additive manufacturing process, wherein the component is entirely or partly produced from a liquid raw material solidifiable by heating, wherein the raw material is dispensed in liquid form into a manufacturing zone and is, by means of computer-controlled, point-by-point targeted light irradiation, heated and solidified by the region of incidence of a light beam of a light beam source relative to the manufacturing zone being altered in a continuous and/or in a step-by-step manner, wherein the light beam is emitted from the light beam source, or from an optical unit influencing the light of the light beam source, with a substantially ring-shaped light intensity profile. The invention furthermore relates to an apparatus for producing a component by means of an additive manufacturing process.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shape-adaptive medical implant having at least one actuator, which the implant can be changed from a first implant geometry to a second implant geometry, the implant having a different geometric shape in the second implant geometry from that in the first implant geometry, wherein the actuator has a swellable chemical substance which swells when supplied with liquid, and wherein the implant which is designed to supply liquid present outside the implant to the swellable chemical substance. The invention also relates to the use of an electrical signal source.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shape-adaptive medical implant having at least one actuator, by means of which the implant can be changed from a first implant geometry to a second implant geometry, the implant having a different geometric shape in the second implant geometry from that in the first implant geometry, wherein the actuator has a swellable chemical substance which swells when supplied with liquid, and wherein the implant has at least one liquid transport means, which is designed to supply liquid present outside the implant to the swellable chemical substance. The invention also relates to the use of an electrical signal source.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a component (10) by a generative manufacturing process, wherein the component is entirely or partially produced from a liquid raw material (12), characterised in that the component is entirely or partially produced from a liquid raw material (12) that can solidify when heated, the raw material is discharged in liquid form into a manufacturing zone (1) and heated and hence solidified by a computer-controlled, targeted light spot, in that the point of incidence of a light beam (8) from a light beam source is continuously and/or gradually modified relative to the manufacturing zone (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a component (10) by a generative manufacturing process, wherein the component is entirely or partially produced from a liquid raw material (12), characterised in that the component is entirely or partially produced from a liquid raw material (12) that can solidify when heated, the raw material is discharged in liquid form into a manufacturing zone (1) and heated and hence solidified by a computer-controlled, targeted light spot, in that the point of incidence of a light beam (8) from a light beam source is continuously and/or gradually modified relative to the manufacturing zone (1).