Fig. 1: Customized, anatomically designed and 3D printed titanium sternum and ribs implant alongside a chest radiograph of a 3D printed titanium implant in situ. | npj Biomedical Innovations

Fig. 1: Customized, anatomically designed and 3D printed titanium sternum and ribs implant alongside a chest radiograph of a 3D printed titanium implant in situ.

From: 3D bioprinting the human chest wall: Fiction or fact

Fig. 1

The 3D implant was fashioned and designed in the anatomical image of the sternum, costal cartilages and ribs being resected using Geomagic Freeform Plus software.

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