3D printers are a major change in medicine-EBY

3D printers are a major change in medicine-EBY

In 2012, the United States, Ohio, newborn boy kay had the extremely rare congenital bronchial softening, trachea collapse on its own, cannot spontaneous breathing, must rely on endotracheal intubation.

After repeated discussions, doctors and researchers at the university of Michigan medical school moved out of the device: a 3D printer.

They used 3-d printers to print nearly 100 tracheal scaffolds using bioplastics, based on the 3-d image of the CT.

After receiving an emergency FDA approval, the small cayba transplanted a stent that was printed on a 3D printer.

After the operation, xiaokaiba began to breathe independently, and the ventilator was withdrawn seven days later.

A few weeks later, little keba was released from the hospital, and there was no risk of suffocation.

The stent is made of biodegradable material that will be absorbed by the body three years later, and by then his trachea will mature and no longer need a stent.
This is the world's first use of 3D printed trachea for clinical use.-EBY We can do that