UConn Doctors Using 3-D Models To Practice Delicate Surgery

FARMINGTON, Conn. (AP) – Doctors at the University of Connecticut are using 3-D printing technology to help them practice delicate brain surgery.
They have figured out a way to convert blood vessel scans into files that can be read by a printer, creating a three-dimensional model of the arteries andvessels a doctor must navigate when removing blood clots from stroke patients.
The models cost about $14 to create.
The doctors say this first-of-its-kind procedure provides a cheaper alternati