More and more stories of the miracles 3D printing is performing in the healthcare industry come out in the press every month. The majority of them are helping the physically disabled live easier lives with custom made prosthetics, but some cases have actually saved the lives of patients.
3. Thanks to 3D Printing
A baby with a life limiting congenital heart defect
was successfully operated on
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. Thanks to 3D Printing
A normally inaccessible tangle of vessels that was causing a
teenager to have seizures was successfully removed
9. 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
10. Click through to the
next slide to watch a
video of the cranium
surgery
11. Read more on these stories at
Toner Printer Copier's blog
12. 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