In the era of personalized medicine, healthcare innovation depends on agility, automation, and the ability to scale globally. Axial3D is enabling medical device companies, hospitals, and clinicians to deliver patient-specific care faster and more efficiently—powered by the cloud and, more specifically, by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
What is the cloud?
At its core, the cloud refers to a network of remote servers that store and process data over the internet, rather than locally. For healthcare innovators, the cloud removes infrastructure barriers and opens the door to high-powered computing, automation, and secure global collaboration.
“The cloud is the foundation of our platform,” says Rory Hanratty, CTO at Axial3D. “It gives us the flexibility to process large imaging datasets, scale seamlessly, and support healthcare partners worldwide.”
Why AWS?
AWS is more than just a cloud provider—it’s a partner in innovation. With the broadest and deepest portfolio of cloud services available, AWS offers Axial3D a strategic advantage:
- Global Reach & Proven Infrastructure: Operates in 32 regions with availability zones in every major healthcare market—supporting Axial3D’s ability to deliver anywhere, anytime.
- AI & Machine Learning at Scale: Services like SageMaker power Axial3D’s proprietary algorithms, accelerating segmentation and reducing turnaround times.
- Enterprise-Grade Security & Compliance: Fully aligned with HIPAA, GDPR, and ISO standards to ensure trusted handling of sensitive health data.
- High-Performance Computing: Enables fast, parallel processing of large imaging datasets—delivering results in hours, not days.
- Effortless Scalability: Unlimited compute and storage resources let Axial3D scale on demand, without the overhead of managing hardware.
- Fast, Frictionless Deployment: Simplifies global rollout by removing traditional IT infrastructure barriers.
“We chose AWS because they’re the gold standard in secure, scalable cloud computing,” says Hanratty. “They bring not just infrastructure, but a whole ecosystem of tools and support that lets us innovate without limits.”
What AWS enables Axial3D to do
Axial3D’s platform is built from the ground up on AWS services. That includes everything from managing large DICOM imaging files to running AI-based segmentation pipelines and delivering digital or 3D-printed outputs.
Using AWS, Axial3D is able to:
- Deploy updates and new features faster
- Deliver near real-time results to global customers
- Handle sudden spikes in data volume or demand without missing a beat
- Keep sensitive data secure and compliant
“With AWS, we’re not constrained by infrastructure—we’re enabled by it,” says Hanratty. “We can scale up instantly, drive faster innovation, and provide a consistently high-quality service to every customer, regardless of their size.”
Helping medical device companies scale personalized care
For medical device companies, the path to personalized care can be slowed by traditional, manual segmentation workflows and a lack of internal imaging resources.
Axial3D helps unlock a new, scalable model:
- Fast turnaround: AI segmentation transforms scans to 3D in a fraction of the time
- Minimal burden: No need to expand internal imaging teams or workflows
- Global reach: Serve surgeons anywhere through the cloud
- Repeatability: Standardized, validated process for custom implant and instrumentation workflows
“We’ve taken the burden of building infrastructure off the shoulders of our partners,” commented Hanratty. “Medical device companies can now focus on growing their personalized offerings—while we handle the tech, data, and delivery.”
Looking ahead
As personalized care becomes the new standard, Axial3D’s cloud-native approach—built on AWS—ensures it can meet growing demand while staying at the forefront of AI and automation.
“Our mission is to make personalized care accessible, repeatable, and scalable,” says Hanratty. “And AWS gives us the foundation to do that—securely, globally, and at scale.”
