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May 23, 2013 08:00 pm PDT
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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, [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/5c-PmmYz02g/story01.htm
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