3D Printing – Print that Saves Lives

Surgeons are pretty happy

Here's why...

Thanks to 3D Printing

A baby with a life limiting congenital heart defect was successfully operated on

Thanks to 3D Printing

A woman with a brain tumour was saved from future problems with sight, smell and taste after detailed prints

of her brain made surgery much safer

Thanks to 3D Printing

A baby born with tracheobronchomalacia that had to be resuscitated daily can now have his tracheotomy tube

removed for good with support from a printed spint

Thanks to 3D Printing

A boy with a rare bone cancer had a customised printed vertebra implanted that meant surgery was easier and his recovery speed

was faster

Thanks to 3D Printing

Another cancer sufferer was given the all clear after the surgeons were able to practice on a printed model before the

3rd attempt

Thanks to 3D Printing

A normally inaccessible tangle of vessels that was causing a teenager to have seizures was successfully removed

Thanks to 3D Printing

A young woman with a rare disease that caused her skull to thicken had her entire cranium replaced, something not possible

before

Click through to the next slide to watch a video of the cranium

surgery

Read more on these stories at Toner Printer Copier's blog

Picture and story sources:

http://www.inside3dp.com/doctors-3d-print-human-heart-using-fat-cells/

http://3dprint.com/4851/3d-bioprint-blood-vessels/

http://www.latinpost.com/articles/24504/20141027/3d-printing-nyc-hospital-uses-printer-build-heart-baby-congenital.htm

http://www.inside3dp.com/man-helps-save-wifes-life-3d-printing/

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/263218.php

http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/3d-printing-helps-surgeons-save-5-year-olds-life/

http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/01/china-conducts-first-3d-printed-vertebra-implant/

http://www.courant.com/health/hc-southington-3d-brain-1004-20141014-story.html

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20140326-world-first-dutch-patient-has-her-skull-replaced-with-3d-printed-implant.html