3D-printed airway stents approved by US FDA

Cleveland Clinic (OH, USA) has announced US FDA approval for patient-specific 3D-printed airway stents to be used in patients with serious breathing disorders. Cleveland Clinic (OH, USA) has announced that 3D-printed airway stents, designed by Physician, Tom Gildea (Cleveland Clinic), have received US FDA approval. Previously approved under the US FDA's compassionate use program for investigational use, the patient-specific stents are used to keep the airways open in patients with conditions which may constrict the airways due to inflammation, masses, trauma or tumors. As is true of many conventional implants vs custom-designed 3D-printed implants, clinicians had previously struggled with off-the-shelf...