3-D Printer Creates Emergency Trachea Implant, Saves Baby's Life
Monday, October 13, 2014 - 11:01
in Health & Medicine
By Marsha Lewis, Inside Science(Inside Science TV) – You've seen toys and prosthetics made on a 3-D printer but now, scientists are using 3-D printers to build implants that help babies breathe.Natalie Peterson, a parent of a child who was having trouble breathing shortly after birth said of her son Garrett, “When he was born, he was so sensitive to everything…when the nurses would move his head, he would just turn blue instantly.”Almost every day 18 month old Garrett Peterson stopped breathing due to a collapsed trachea. read more