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Tibetan Teen Achieves Dream to Walk Normal — Thanks to 3D Printed Model of His Club Foot
You likely weren’t aware of the fact that one in every 1,000 births result in a child with one or two club feet, a condition also referred to by doctors…
Chinese Girl to ‘Grow’ a Brand New Ear Thanks to 3D Printing
Most of us take our ears for granted. Some of us wish that they didn’t stick out so much, and others simply don’t like the size of theirs. Regardless though,…
Surgeons 3D Print Models of Children’s Brains for Intensive Pediatric Surgeries
While most of us have either been the patient undergoing a surgical procedure or a loved one waiting and worrying, few of us have had to be on the other…
3D Printed Models Helped Surgeons Prepare for World’s First Pediatric Bilateral Hand Transplant
As many 8-year-old boys do, Zion Harvey wanted to swing on the monkey bars and to pick up his little sister and swing her around as they played. Zion, however,…
Chinese Surgeons Use 3D Printing to Aid in Intricate Spinal Surgery
It is becoming increasingly common to see 3D printed models serve as part of the surgeon’s preparatory tool kit. This week, surgeons at Fujian Medical University’s affiliated hospital were aided…
Colorado Fetal Care Center Uses 3D Printing to Treat Unborn Babies With Abnormalities
Medical science and new technologies, such as 3D printing, converge in ever more inspiring ways. I know for me, I want people to have great options when it comes to fetal…
66-Year-Old Man is Cured of Rare Heart Condition Thanks to 3D Printing by Materialise
When it comes to complicated surgeries, 3D printing has really begun to make inroads in areas that previous technologies have had a difficult time with. We’ve seen the technology used to…
They Said It Was Impossible: Seattle Doctor Uses 3D Printed Medical Model to Save Spleen
What does the spleen actually do? Is this one of those organs that we even actually need? You can sometimes stump even the most degreed and intellectual people with this…
Hunchback Woman Grows Almost 2-inches Thanks to 3D Printing & Advanced Surgical Procedure
It seems as though every day there is another interesting story coming out of China, involving both 3D printing and advanced surgical procedures. While laws in the United States are…
3D Printing Gives This Chinese Woman a ‘Perfect Chin’
We have really begun to see the use of 3D printing take off within operating rooms and hospitals in China. From listing and reading all of the media reports, it…
3D Printing Saves a Woman’s Kidney: Surgeons perform impressive renal tumor surgery
When it comes to performing surgeries on vital organs, today’s advanced imaging techniques such as CT scans, MRIs and advanced ultrasound machinery have allowed doctors to take a peak inside…
Surgeons 3D Print a Copy of a Woman’s Tibia to Straighten Her Severely Deformed Leg
We’ve seen heartwarming stories of 3D printing coming to the aid of medical professionals around the globe, by providing tools for success, in surgeries which would not have even been…
Chinese Surgeons 3D Print a Spine Replica to Help with Incredibly Delicate Surgery
Every day it seems like another incredible medical application for 3D printing emerges. Whether it’s affordable customizable prosthetic devices, the actual printing of biological material, or the numerous surgeries that are…
3D Printed Liver Model Saves Man’s Life in China
It seems as though each and every day, surgeons and researchers in China are taking the idea of 3D printing and applying it more and more to real-time surgeries. The…
Chinese Doctors Build 3D Printed Model to Repair a Shattered Shoulder
Chinese doctors and technicians have used 3D printing to treat an injury referred to as “floating shoulder,” a condition so dangerous to a patient that it often results in death….
3D Printed Models Aid Microvascular Surgery
In many societies (barring possibly societies in which women are veiled), your face is your passport to everyday interactions with others and, as such, features prominently in the creation of…
Surgeon in India Uses a 3D Printed Surgical Tool to Repair a 16 Year Old’s Broken Hip
2014 brought us a lot of inspirational stories from within the medical field, thanks to 3D printing. We have seen the technology make previously inoperable surgeries possible, and we have…
