trachea
3D Printed Medical Trainers Give First Responders Key Familiarity with Altered Airways, Study Shows
The medical field has been one of the greatest success stories for additive manufacturing (AM), with AM now touching virtually every market segment within the healthcare industry. According to Additive…
3D Printed Windpipe Insert Helps Amish Draft Horse Breathe Easy
One of the most essential workers on an Amish farm is the mighty draft horse…having gone to college about an hour south of the heart of Ohio’s Amish country, I…
Dimension Inx Awarded DoD Grant for Bioprinting “Trachea That Repairs Itself”
Biomaterial company Dimension Inx has been awarded $240,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop solutions for tracheal injuries. The goal is to create a structure that…
ETH Zurich Develops Bioresorbable 3D Printed Airway Stent
ETH Zurich, along with University Hospital Zurich and the University of Zurich, have developed a bioresorbable airway stent. The custom made stents are 3D printed using digital light processing (DLP)…
Researchers Successfully 3D Print and Implant Artificial Trachea without Tissue Scaffolds into Rats
Tissue scaffolds are a very important part of the bioprinting process – they are there to provide structure to the 3D bioprinted cells as they develop and grow. We hear…
Philippines Researchers Sign Agreement to 3D Print Wind Pipes For Transplant
As we’ve mentioned only yesterday, the medical applications for 3D printing continue to expand rapidly. In fact, in the next 5 years alone, the number of printers will double and the…
Baby Garrett Peterson Home for Christmas – A 3D Printed Miracle
Tracheobronchomalacia is a rare condition where the trachea is weak due to soft cartilage in a certain area or throughout the trachea – and sufferers have extreme difficulty breathing due…
World’s First Biologically 3D Printed WindPipe / Trachea
Another first within the 3D printing industry has arrived. This time the discovery is a biologically precise windpipe. Back in May of last year doctors were able to implant a…
