A Michigan baby’s life was saved by the insertion of a 3-D printed trachea at two months old. The newborn was diagnosed with tracheobronchomalacia, a condition in which the airways collapse, not ...

A baby boy born with fragile airways is doing better after experimental 3D-printed splints were placed in his body during surgery. Amir has congenital heart disease and tracheo-bronchomalacia, a ...

A splint is a piece of medical equipment used to keep an injured body part from moving and to protect it from any further damage. Placed properly, a rigid splint will help ease the pain of an injury ...