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Monday, September 14, 2015

CSIRO’s 3D-printed titanium sternum and rib cage saves a cancer patient’s life

A 54-year-old cancer patient has a new lease on life thanks to the world’s first 3D-printed titanium sternum and rib cage. The life-saving implant was made by three leading medical technology groups in Australia. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), medical device company Anatomics and medical-grade 3D printers Lab 22 banded together to print the partial rib cage layer by layer. Once printing was complete, the piece was shipped by courier half a world away to Spain and successfully implanted.

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