Cancer Patient Receives 3D-Printed Titanium Sternum and Ribs

An anonymous reader writes: A Spanish cancer patient diagnosed with chest wall sarcoma has received the world's first 3D printed titanium sternum and rib cage. Anatomics, an Australian medical device company, designed and manufactured the metal rib cage. Cnet reports: "Once printed, finished and polished, the implant was couriered to the Salamanca University Hospital, where it was implanted into the patient's chest. It has now been two weeks since the surgery, and the patient has been discharged is recovering well."

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Thanks socialized medicine.

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And this person paid probably less than $10,000 for this operation, whereas, in the United States, with the greatest healthcare system in the world, the person would have simply died because he couldn't afford the $2 million pricetag.