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PRINTING LIFE

Imagine for a second: during intricate brain surgery, doctors attach a patch of meninges produced by a 3D printer to repair the damaged part of the brain. The stuff of dreams, somehow, was turned into a reality by a Guangdong-based company.

The product was developed by Medprin Regenerative Medical Technologies Co. Ltd. which focuses on the manufacturing and developing of implantable medical devices made from biomaterials in combination with synthetic materials.

With a thickness of only 0.2 mm, the 3D-printed meninges looks like a piece of ordinary tissue paper but is.

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