This Amazing Use Of 3D Printing Will Make Your Day

Doctors are pushing the limits of this technology. (Via CNN)

Six week old Kaiba was diagnosed with a rare obstruction in his lungs called bronchial malacia.

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Before the diagnosis he stopped breathing daily.

Out of options, doctors tried something that hasn't been done before

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Using 3D modeling and a 3D printer, doctors designed and created a splint made out of biological material that carved a path through Kaiba’s blocked airway.

The material used for the splint naturally dissolves over three years

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Polycaprolactone (PCL), the material used for this splint, is also used for filling in areas left open from skull surgery.

Kaiba's doctors want to help others with the same technique

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The doctors are optimistic to start clinical trials in a larger patient population within the next two years.

18 months after the surgery, Kaiba is now 21 months old and able to breathe on his own.

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