Reactor-Ready used for the Novel Manufacture of a Nano-Polymer for 3D Printing of Implantable Body Parts

摘要

Five years ago, few people had heard of 3D printing, but now computer-generated images are being used to create body parts. Scientists at University College London are using 3D printing to create ears made out of polyurethane-type polymers, to be implanted onto children with severe disfigurements in the first clinical trial of its kind. The scientific team has been testing the process by implanting a 3D ear on a rat. The operation is a major medical breakthrough and could radically change organ transplants. Professor Seifalian's Group at University College London and Royal Free Hospital were involved in the synthesis of the polymers by solution polymerisation.