3-D-printed splint saves infant’s life

Matthew Wheeler, a University of Illinois professor of animal sciences and member of the Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering research theme at the Institute for Genomic Biology, worked with a team of five researchers to test 3-D-printed, bioresorbable airway splints in porcine models with severe, life-threatening tracheobronchomalacia.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-07/ifg…