U-M doctors “print out” life-saving airway tube
Talk about being quick on your feet. Who would've thought a 3-D printer and some plastic could help to save a life? Excerpt: "In a medical first, doctors at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day. It's the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the lab." More here.
Talk about being quick on your feet. Who would’ve thought a 3-D printer and some plastic could help to save a life?
Excerpt:
“In a medical first, doctors at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day.
It’s the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the lab.”
More here.
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