3D printing drastically reduces development costs of blood recycling machine

During surgery, patients' blood is often "spilt." Such blood can be returned to the body, so long as it has been properly processed to ensure that it is not tainted. The Brightwave Hemosep autotransfusion machine can do this – and its prototyping costs have been cut by 96 percent via 3D printing... Continue Reading 3D printing drastically reduces development costs of blood recycling machine



Section: Medical



Tags: 3D Printing, Blood, Prototype, Surgery



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