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 ...

Engineers and doctors 3D printed this custom-made splint that currently holds open the airway of a six-week-old infant and will be gradually absorbed into the body over time. Image via University of ...

A 3D printer saved the life of a baby boy with a rare disease that kept him from breathing properly, doctors are reporting in the New England Journal of Medicine. The boy, Kaiba Gionfriddo of Ohio, ...

3-D Printed Tracheal Splint Implanted Into Infant A customized bioresorbable tracheal splint manufactured with the use of a three-dimensional printer has been successfully implanted into an infant ...

A 18-month-old baby hooked to a ventilator just to stay alive, was recently discharged from University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital following a surgery where a 3D-printed airway splint ...