The Role 3D Printers have in the Medical Field

Gole, Malins-Umansky, Prochazka, and Zhang explore the idea around 3D printers and their future in modern medicine. They talk about how 3D printers have become a increasingly popular in the past years. They also talk about how scientists are becoming more and more interested in 3D printers and their applications in modern medicine. They give an example of a successful surgery where the doctor printed a spine and surgically implanted it into a 12-year- old bone cancer patient. They talk about how more operations like these will become possible in the future. They show data that looks at the increase of popularity over multiple different platforms of medical 3D printers. They show their code from python, explaining what it does and how they used it. They conclude that 3D printers are going to have a major role in modern medicine.