{"id":183,"date":"2020-04-23T18:19:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T18:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/?p=183"},"modified":"2020-04-23T18:19:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T18:19:28","slug":"fake-organs-made-from-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/2020\/04\/23\/fake-organs-made-from-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake organs made from plastic?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-medium-font-size\">Do you know a loved one who has waited on a donor list\nfor an organ that was the exact match? How about needing a part to fix or make\na rare item?&nbsp; Imagine instead of finding\none that was the perfect fit, you could make one that would be a perfect match\nfrom a printer. What about doctors being able to practice challenging surgeries\nwith their hands, but never having to cut something open. Tech advancements in\nthe medical field are making this possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/files\/2020\/04\/BLOGPOSTBONE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/files\/2020\/04\/BLOGPOSTBONE.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/files\/2020\/04\/BLOGPOSTBONE-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/files\/2020\/04\/BLOGPOSTBONE-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">3D printing in the medical field is a rather new\npractice, but the benefits of it can significantly save lives. A type of 3D\nprinting called bioprinting can\nproduce living tissue, bone, blood vessels and, potentially, whole organs for\nuse in medical procedures, training and testing. This means that doctors can\nnow print organs and bones for people needing transplants, which shortens the\nlist for donors by countless members. This would benefit the more than 2.2\nmillion people needing bone grafts each year. Using the bone graft from\na bioprinter means the bone will grow and replace the affected area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/files\/2020\/04\/3D-heart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/files\/2020\/04\/3D-heart.jpg 775w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/files\/2020\/04\/3D-heart-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/files\/2020\/04\/3D-heart-768x493.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">VR use in the medical field is another future form of\ntechnology that will be available to doctors and patients. Doctors can now\npractice challenging operations without even putting their patients in harms\nway. An example of this is shown in the clip from the show <em>The Good Doctor<\/em>.\nIt shows how they are trying different theories of trying to preform heart surgery\non a young child. If they didn\u2019t use this, the child could have died if they\ntested on him instead of the virtual heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Application VR in Surgery [THE GOOD DOCTOR EPISODE 9]\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cbPRDw5dOFI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know a loved one who has waited on a donor list for an organ that was the exact match? How about needing a part to fix or make a rare item?&nbsp; Imagine instead of finding one that was the perfect fit, you could make one that would be a perfect match from a printer. What about doctors being able to practice challenging surgeries with their hands, but never having to cut something open. Tech advancements in the medical field are making this possible. 3D printing in the medical field is a rather new practice, but the benefits of it can significantly save lives. A type of 3D printing called bioprinting can produce living tissue, bone, blood vessels and, potentially, whole organs for use in medical procedures, training and testing. This means that doctors can now print organs and bones for people needing transplants, which shortens the list for donors by countless members. This would benefit the more than 2.2 million people needing bone grafts each year. Using the bone graft from a bioprinter means the bone will grow and replace the affected area. VR use in the medical field is another future form of technology that will be available to doctors and patients. Doctors can now practice challenging operations without even putting their patients in harms way. An example of this is shown in the clip from the show The Good Doctor. It shows how they are trying different theories of trying to preform heart surgery on a young child. If they didn\u2019t use this, the child could have died if they tested on him instead of the virtual heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8106,"featured_media":187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[310,17],"tags":[48615,1245570,269085],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medicine","category-tech","tag-3d-printing","tag-medical-field","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions\/188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/todaystech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}