3D-Printer Saves Dying Baby (DDD) (SSYS) (XONE)
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With the invention of the 3D-printed gun, we know the devices can potentially be used to take life, today we found out that the devices may have a much more powerful use - to save life.
CNN.com reported today that a 3D printer was used to make a splint that carved a path through a dying baby's blocked airway.
"With hopes dimming that Kaiba would survive, doctors tried the medical equivalent of a "Hail Mary" pass. Using an experimental technique never before tried on a human, they created a splint made out of biological material that effectively carved a path through Kaiba's blocked airway.
What makes this a medical feat straight out of science fiction: The splint was created on a three-dimensional printer.
"It's magical to me," said Dr. Glenn Green, an associate professor of pediatric otolaryngology at the University of Michigan who implanted the splint in Kaiba. "We're talking about taking dust and using it to build body parts."
Shares of the red hot 3D-printing stocks, 3D Systems Corp. (NYSE: DDD), Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) and The ExOne Company (NASDAQ: XONE) are mixed today.
Link to CNN
CNN.com reported today that a 3D printer was used to make a splint that carved a path through a dying baby's blocked airway.
"With hopes dimming that Kaiba would survive, doctors tried the medical equivalent of a "Hail Mary" pass. Using an experimental technique never before tried on a human, they created a splint made out of biological material that effectively carved a path through Kaiba's blocked airway.
What makes this a medical feat straight out of science fiction: The splint was created on a three-dimensional printer.
"It's magical to me," said Dr. Glenn Green, an associate professor of pediatric otolaryngology at the University of Michigan who implanted the splint in Kaiba. "We're talking about taking dust and using it to build body parts."
Shares of the red hot 3D-printing stocks, 3D Systems Corp. (NYSE: DDD), Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) and The ExOne Company (NASDAQ: XONE) are mixed today.
Link to CNN
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