A splint is a piece of medical equipment used to keep an injured body part from moving and to protect it from any further damage. Placed properly, a rigid splint will help ease the pain of an injury ...

Engineers and doctors 3D printed this custom-made splint that currently holds open the airway of a six-week-old infant and will be gradually absorbed into the body over time. Image via University of ...

Tracheobronchomalacia in newborns, which manifests with dynamic airway collapse and respiratory insufficiency, is difficult to treat. 1,2 In an infant with tracheobronchomalacia, we implanted a ...

Medical researchers printed a 3-D splint that saved the life of an infant born with severe tracheobronchomalacia, a birth defect that causes the airway to collapse. While similar surgeries have been ...