3D-printed blood vessels help surgeons test-run their procedures before operating

Published January 17, 2019 This content is archived.

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An article on The Doctor's Channel features a video of Ciprian “Chip” Ionita, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, a joint department in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Adnan Siddiqui, professor of neurosurgery in the Jacobs School, about how 3D printing technologies are helping surgeons better prepare for complex procedures.

They explains that imaging and printing techniques can create enlarged models of an individual patient’s blood vessels of the heart or brain that, once printed, can provide a patient-specific simulated setting in which to plan and practice high-risk procedures.

Read the article here.