Save the life of a baby thanks to a prosthesis created with a ... - Qué.es

It is becoming more amazing

the giant steps that are taking place in the field of 3D printers. Yesterday, NASA announced it was working on a prototype printer capable of creating food, today we learned a Michigan hospital saved the life of a baby a year ago thanks to a prosthesis created with this type of machine.

As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday, little had a tracheobronchomalacia, trachea problem that prevents oxygen from reaching the lungs, which caused him constant heart attacks.

Aware of the

problem, doctors made the decision to print a tiny tablet that reproduced the tracheal tube based on a tomographic image of the baby’s airways and subsequently introduced into the trachea with an operation. This piece used to develop a material called polycaprolactone, that the body is able to absorb in three years, so that no operation is necessary ota.

then, both the airways and lungs are small developed enough to stay open by themselves. It’s been one year but, according to the publication, there have been no problems of rejection. Signed by Scott Hollister and Richard Ohye, University of Michigan, and Marc Nelson, Akron Children’s Hospital, the study shows that 3D printers can be a very good way to create precise anatomical implants.