Doctors Use a Dissolvable 3D-Printed Tracheal Splint to Save a Baby’s Life

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An infant's collapsing airway now has a device holding it open; as his tissue strengthens, the splint will be absorbed into his body.

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/scien...

[Mimi V]

Remarkable. So much better than "printing" a gun

[Ian]

What would make this story a great full circle is if in a few years the child is killed by a 3D printed gun.