Medical 3D Printing & Bioprinting

Dr Varun Tyagi is a medical doctor who practices in India and writes about remarkable and historical landmarks throughout the medical world. Dr Varun believes that 3D printing can help democratize medical care, making medical devices affordable and available to everyone on the planet.

Brazilian Woman Receives 3D Printed Titanium Skull Implant

Details: Published: Wednesday, 03 June 2015 03:00; Written by Jessica Romney

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In a first for the country, surgeons in Brazil have announced that they have successfully implanted 3D-printed titanium plates into the skull of a 23-year-old woman who had fractured the bones across the right side of her head.

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/young-woman-receives-3d-printed-titanium-skull-implant