3D Printed Customized Airway Stent Created

Not all 3D printing in the medical field means that someone's managed to 3D print skin, kidneys, or other organs. Oftentimes, 3D printing technology is used in the creation of medical tools and instruments, patient-specific models, surgical guides, and stents. Researchers in France have broken some new ground on custom stents. The team was built through a collaboration between Toulouse-based startup AnatomikModeling and the Pulmonology department at Toulouse University Hospital. They've successfully developed, and implanted, a number of custom stents that have identical anatomies to the trachea and/or bronchi of their patients, and they say it's the world's first 3D customized airway stent ever created. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/166272/first-3d-c...airway-stents/

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