The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine is using sophisticated 3D printers to create realistic human organs to teach surgical techniques.
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(TGH Health News/Daniel Wallace) Summer Decker, USF Health associate professor of radiology, is a leading force in the clinical 3D printing innovations in Tampa Bay, and is nationally and internationally known for her work in the field.
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Dr. Fadi Matar carefully guides a catheter into a heart at Tampa General Hospital and carefully places a tiny plug to repair a hole. But the heart in this case isn’t real. It’s made of plastic and was created in a highly sophisticated 3D printer. This gray plastic heart is an example of “clinical 3D printing,” a major innovation that is being pioneered at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and Tampa General along with other state-of-the-art healthcare institutions nationwide. “It’s potentially revolutionary,” Matar said. Clinical 3D printing means this is not just a plastic model, but a replica of a living heart or other body part from a real patient – […]
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