3-D Printing Breakthroughs in Medtech: Bioresorbable Implants

Bioresorbable Implants

Garrett Peterson was born with a life-threatening tracheal defect, but a team at the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital used 3-D printing to fabricate a customized splint that markedly improved the child’s respiration and will eventually dissolve in his body.