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Surgeons at Boston Children's Hospital started using 3D-printed copies of patients' affected body parts to prepare for procedures last year. Now, that move has helped save the lives of four children ...

Dr. Redmond P. Burke, chief of cardiovascular surgery at Miami Children’s Hospital, holds a 3D-printed heart model. The program is the first in the region to use 3D printing technology to create a ...

SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) – When it comes to incorporating technology into health care, Rady Children’s Hospital is constantly evolving. Six months ago the hospital opened a 3D Innovation Lab where they can ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – The use of 3D printing has long ...

Japanese firm Fasotec is partnering with Hiroo Ladies Clinic to offer customers 3D-printed models of their unborn children. The process costs ¥100,000, or about $1,275. Japanese firm Fasotec is ...

A cardiac surgeon in the United States recently used a 3D printed heart as a model to plan a life-saving procedure for his young patient. The 3D printed heart was used as a model to plan a life-saving ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 25 -- Congenital heart experts from Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital have successfully integrated two common imaging techniques to produce a three-dimensional ...

How can 3D printing be used to train medical students and what are some of the benefits? Slide tracheoplasty is a relatively rare procedure where a narrow section of airway is divided and the healthy ...

Cutting-edge 3D AI technology can identify early childhood tooth decay as accurately as visual exams, paving the way for ...