How 3D-Printing is Revolutionizing Heart Surgery | Freethink Superhuman

Joseph is a small child whose heart has big problems. He needed multiple surgeries before being adopted from China, and it was expected that he would need a heart transplant in the future. Dr. Anagnostopoulos, a heart surgeon with the University of Wisconsin Health system, is taking a new approach. His lab is 3D-printing hearts of people who need heart surgery so that they can design and practice complicated surgeries on exact models beforehand. It’s a method which is revolutionizing heart surgery by making