Doctors at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital have used 3D printing to save a child's life. From the time Kaiba Gionfriddo was six weeks old, the bronchus responsible for moving air to his left lung would collapse, leaving him unable to breathe. Doctors weren't optimistic about the baby's chances. Fortunately for the Gionfriddo family, Glenn Green, M.D., and his colleague, Scott Hollister, Ph.D, both of the University of Michigan, had been experimenting with a bioresorbable tracheal splint.
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