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>> Sandie: IT COULD BE A WHOLE
NEW DIMENSION IN HEALTH CARE.
3-D PRINTING.
TECHNOLOGY ALREADY BEING USED TO
MAKE CAR PARTS AND TOYS.
THE PRINTER PRODUCES SOLID
OBJECTS IN ALMOST ANY SHAPE OR
SIZE, AND WHAT HAS EVERYONE
EXCITED IS THE UNLIMITED
POTENTIAL IN MEDICINE TO MAKE
MADE-TO-ORDER REPLACEMENT BODY
PARTS.
HERE'S CTV'S MEDICAL SPECIALIST,
AVIS FAVARO.
>> Reporter: EVERY BREATH HAS
BEEN A STRUGGLE FOR BABY
GARRETT.
BORN WITH A DEFORMED AIRWAY, HE
NEEDED A VENTILATOR TO BREATHE
FOR HIM.
>> WHEN THE NURSES WOULD MOVE
HIS HEAD FROM SIDE TO SIDE, HE
WOULD JUST TURN BLUE INSTANTLY.
>> Reporter: DOCTORS SAY HE
NOW HAS A CHANCE AT A NORMAL
LIFE BECAUSE OF THIS, A SPLINT
TO KEEP HIS TRACHEA OPEN,
CREATED WITH THE 3-D PRINTER.
THE DEVICE WAS IMPLANTED AROUND
HIS AIRWAY TO KEEP IT OPEN, AND
GARRETT IS NOW SLOWLY LEARNING
TO BREATHE ON HIS OWN.
>> TAKES ABOUT THREE YEARS FOR
THE MATERIAL TO DEGRADE.
BY THAT TIME, THE TRACHEA ITSELF
WILL GROW AND REMODEL INTO A
TRACHEA THAT HAS A NORMAL
ESSENTIALLY ARCHITECTURE.
>> Reporter: IT'S ONLY THE
SECOND TIME IN THE WORLD THIS
HAS BEEN DONE.
THE FIRST PATIENT WITH A 3-D
PRINTED TRACHEA IS NOW TWO AND
DOING WELL.
THIS PRINTER AT TORONTO'S
HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN IS
CREATING 3-D MODELS OF PATIENTS'
HEARTS.
>> WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A TUNNEL
FROM THERE TO THERE; IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> Reporter: IMAGES FROM
TWO-DIMENSIONAL CAT SCANS OR
MRIs ARE USED TO MAKE THESE
REALISTIC PLASTIC REPLICAS TO
HELP DOCTORS BETTER PLAN
SURGERY.
>> INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DO THAT
IN MY MIND, I CAN TAKE THIS
MODEL, WHICH DOES IT IN A
PRINTED FORM, AND LOOK AT IT AND
SAY I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS
AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M
GOING TO DO IN THE OPERATING
ROOM.
>> WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT BEING
ABLE TO DO THIS AND BE ABLE TO
HELP PATIENTS WITH THIS NEW
TECHNOLOGY.
>> Reporter: IN FACT, LAYER BY
LAYER, REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE
BEING CREATED FOR MUCH OF THE
HUMAN BODY; EARS, AND NOSES,
WITH DOCTORS IN THE U.K.
RECREATING THIS MAN'S FACE WITH
MODELS, PLATES, AND SCREWS
PRODUCED BY 3-D PRINTERS.
>> YOU WOULDN'T LOOK AT ME TO
THINK THAT PERSON HAS HAD A BAD
ACCIDENT.
I JUST LOOK NORMAL.
>> Reporter: DOCTORS SAY IT'S
TECHNOLOGY THAT IMPROVES THEIR
ACCURACY AND SPEEDS UP TIME IN
SURGERY, SAVING LIVES BY
PRESSING "PRINT."
AVIS FAVARO, CTV NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Sandie: REMARKABLE.
>>> WELL, THAT'S OUR NEWSCAST
FOR THIS SATURDAY.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR TIME
WITH US.
I'M SANDIE RINALDO.
GOOD NIGHT, UNTIL TOMORROW.
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