Rib Models and Carved Ear (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Rib Models and Carved Ear

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The UW team used a 3-D printer to create a negative mold of a patient's ribs from a CT scan. Surgeons take pieces of those ribs and "carve" them into a new ear.

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University of Washington

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