Saturday, May 25, 2013

Doctors 3D-Print An Emergency Airway Tube To Save A Child's Life

Screen shot 2013-05-23 at 10.07.28 AMScore one for technology: Doctors 3D-printed an emergency airway tube that saved a 20-month old baby boy's life. After imaging the boy's faulty windpipe, doctors at the C.S. Mot Children's Hospital printed 100 tiny tubes and laser-stitched them together over the trachea (video below).

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/p-GntI4w5cQ/

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