A 3-D-printed tracheobronchial splint used to treat the collapsed left bronchus of a 5-month-old patient.
(Morrison et al., Science Translational Medicine)
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Paisley
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I have always thought that the 3D printers we have at Mirman were fascinating, so I was amazed at how the 3D printers are becoming so advanced that they can cure babies as well, and be so tiny! The airway splint was designed for infants 3-16 months old, for the babies that have a rare disease that would have them hooked up to a breathing machine for the rest of their lives. Instead, doctors inserted a tiny white airway splint that dissolves over the course of about 2-3 years, to help support breathing. The three children they tested the device on were immediately better, and did not have to spend the rest of their lives in the hospital. I think that 3D printing devices for medical use will solve a lot of conditions and diseases medicine can't cure.
This is great and can help breathing problems in young kids before they realize that this thing from a printer is going to be in their insides. It's great how it's so small and dissolves over the course of a few years, and still helps the small babies breath. The 3D printers at Mirman, and everywhere else, obviously, are amazing at what they can make and do. This is a scientific revolution, yes, exaggerating, but it's great how people are using current technology to save lives. This is amazing and it disappears after a while too, which means you don't really have to be bothered by it for your whole life, you can get it as a child and then have it fade over time. This is amazing and I hope that maybe someone someday can invent something even more useful with the 3D printers and it can solve something as big as Ebola or cancer and it would really affect the planet worldwide. 3-16 month-old children will get it implanted and it would disappear before they're three, so they won't really remember much of it. It's a really fascinating device for, like Paisley said, something medicine can't fix. This is amazing and I hope that 3D printers and pens will continue evolving and that more cures will be found.
It's cool that doctors can make a biodegradable medical device. I didn't know that 3D printers could make things like this. It is upsetting that a few children died before they were able to give them the implants. Hopefully, the process of getting children into the trials will be quicker so that they will have a better chance to survive.
I think that this little piece of plastic is a huge breakthrough. Lots of babies die of tracheobronchomalacia, so having a way to prevent it without having the child hooked up to a big device for months is great.
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I have always thought that the 3D printers we have at Mirman were fascinating, so I was amazed at how the 3D printers are becoming so advanced that they can cure babies as well, and be so tiny! The airway splint was designed for infants 3-16 months old, for the babies that have a rare disease that would have them hooked up to a breathing machine for the rest of their lives. Instead, doctors inserted a tiny white airway splint that dissolves over the course of about 2-3 years, to help support breathing. The three children they tested the device on were immediately better, and did not have to spend the rest of their lives in the hospital. I think that 3D printing devices for medical use will solve a lot of conditions and diseases medicine can't cure.
This is great and can help breathing problems in young kids before they realize that this thing from a printer is going to be in their insides. It's great how it's so small and dissolves over the course of a few years, and still helps the small babies breath. The 3D printers at Mirman, and everywhere else, obviously, are amazing at what they can make and do. This is a scientific revolution, yes, exaggerating, but it's great how people are using current technology to save lives. This is amazing and it disappears after a while too, which means you don't really have to be bothered by it for your whole life, you can get it as a child and then have it fade over time. This is amazing and I hope that maybe someone someday can invent something even more useful with the 3D printers and it can solve something as big as Ebola or cancer and it would really affect the planet worldwide. 3-16 month-old children will get it implanted and it would disappear before they're three, so they won't really remember much of it. It's a really fascinating device for, like Paisley said, something medicine can't fix. This is amazing and I hope that 3D printers and pens will continue evolving and that more cures will be found.
It's cool that doctors can make a biodegradable medical device. I didn't know that 3D printers could make things like this. It is upsetting that a few children died before they were able to give them the implants. Hopefully, the process of getting children into the trials will be quicker so that they will have a better chance to survive.
I think that this little piece of plastic is a huge breakthrough. Lots of babies die of tracheobronchomalacia, so having a way to prevent it without having the child hooked up to a big device for months is great.
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