During a complicated bone surgery, every second matters. The longer a wound is open, the more likely it is to become infected and injured. Now picture this: Surgeons can now print a new piece of bone ...
Imagine a surgeon fixing a shattered bone not with screws or plates, but with a device that looks like a craft-store glue gun. Instead of hot glue, it extrudes a custom mix of biodegradable plastic ...
Researchers at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea have made a groundbreaking discovery in bone repair technology. They have modified a standard glue gun to 3D print a bone-like material directly ...
An inattentive driver took the liberty of splitting my femur into three separate pieces about two decades ago and have to say, the bone gun sounds pretty sweet. I had to live with a rod and three ...