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May 23, 2013 08:00 pm PDT

3D printed bio-absorbable splint saves baby with otherwise fatal impairedbreathing

Elijah sez, "Recent news has been all about the commercial use of 3D printing - from food to weaponry. But recently, doctors at the University of Michigan used quick thinking and 3D printing technology to save the life of a 2-month-old child with a rare disease." The scaffold was made of a bioresorbable material, polycaprolactone, [...]



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