There’s no shortage of stories about patient-specific, 3D printed pre-surgical models saving the lives of patients. And there’s no shortage of such stories coming from 3D printing service provider and software developer Materialise. The company is among the first with an entire division and software devoted to 3D printing in the medical field and the company’s HeartPrint services and Mimics Innovation Suite software has, once again, contributed to saving lives a recent heart procedure.
At the Children’s Hospital of Michigan, heart specialists were able to benefit from a 3D printed replica of 17-year-old Ariana Smith’s heart.…
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