3D Plan: Medical startup that develops prototypes of organs and human parts for clinical trials and medical classes
The Chilean startup is bringing its devices to universities such as Columbia University (New York), the University of South Florida, and the University of San Diego. It recently debuted at the 2025 Osaka World Expo in the Chilean Pavilion.
An innovative arm simulator with highly realistic textured blood vessels was introduced by designers Carolina Chávez and Cristián Navarro, founders of the startup Plan 3D, which will allow practical training in health for blood sampling. The device, named VeniFit, was validated by the Simulation Hospital of the Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB) and recently displayed at the Osaka 2025 World Expo in the Chile Pavilion.
The new Venifit medical simulator is an innovative venipuncture model designed to strengthen practical health training. The simulator allows students to practice venous puncture to draw blood or inject medication, before treating an actual patient. The device allows over 2400 punctures, five times more than traditional models, has hyper-realistic tactile sensation and density changes are felt, and the blood refluxes, just as it occurs in actual patients.
Plan 3D currently supplies Chilean institutions such as the University of Chile and Andrés Bello University, and thanks to the support of Corfo and ProChile it exports to renowned international universities like Columbia University, New York, University of South Florida, and University of San Diego, in addition to having distributors in Europe. Its products range from hearts and lungs to limbs and organs of all types, each one designed to teach and train clinical skills more safely and realistically.
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Carolina Chávez, co-founder of Plan 3D, explained that everything started with a request from her father, a medical professional. "We were working in a makerspace in the area of design and digital manufacturing. One day my father approached us to request a simulator for a very intricate organ of the digestive system. From there, we began to make simulators with 3D manufacturing for surgery planning and also for clinical simulation. Over time, we've been developing new products, which has allowed us to grow and go international thanks to the support of Corfo Valparaíso, StartUp Chile, and the collaboration of UNAB," explained the designer.
"The collaboration behind this project is impressive. How academia works with a startup and co-creates such a powerful product. This kind of initiative represents what we aim to do at StartUp Chile and what we have been trying to do over the past 15 years: foster collaboration and connect. This technology also generates a very real and direct impact, both for the university and for the students who are being trained, because it creates safe learning spaces," said Javiera Araneda, the Manager of Start-Up Chile.
"We are convinced that working with the industry can also accelerate innovation and implementation in our curriculum. So, Plan 3D products allow us to simulate in a controlled, safe, standardized environment, where we can repeat the technique many times until the student effectively achieves that learning," said the academic director of Clinical Education and Simulation at Andrés Bello University, Dr. Rodolfo Paredes.