Only months after Australia’s scientific research arm launched its $6 million 3D printing facility, CSIRO‘s Lab 22 has already begun making a significant impact, helping to improve the life of one Spanish cancer patient. With a 3D printed titanium sternum and rib implant, designed and manufactured by Lab 22 and Melbourne-based Anatomics, an international collaboration has aided a 54-year-old patient diagnosed with a chest wall sarcoma.
When a Spanish surgical team – made up of Dr José Aranda, Dr Marcelo Jimene and Dr Gonzalo Varela from Salamanca University Hospital – decided to remove the patient’s sternum and part of his rib cage, the team knew that the geometries of his chest cavity would prove finding a suitable implant difficult.…
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