Researchers at Northwestern University, the same institute behind this month’s 3D printed hyperelastic bones, have now managed to 3D print bio-degradable stents. The tubes that are usually used to treat narrow or weak arteries, have been fabricated out of a citrus-based polymer. As a man-made structure the stents have the potential to be loaded with anti-coagulant, therefore limiting the risk of complications when used in the body.
Engineers behind the discovery, Guillermo Ameer and Cheng Sun, have used stereo-lithography at a micro...
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