This 3D printer will change health care forever

The Mayo Clinic printed a 3D model of a girl’s pelvis, which shows her bladder, veins, blood vessels, ureters and the tumor. Now members of the medical team were able to hold this model in their hands. It allows them to remove the entire tumor without taking her leg. This new working method is changing health care.

“The model helped us to understand the anatomy that was altered by the tumor and helped us to orient ourselves for our cuts around it,” says Peter Rose, the surgeon who performed the operation.

The pelvis model was one of about 500 3D printed models created at the Mayo Clinic last year. These models create a way to improve health care!