Mending a Path Back to the Pool
After nearly a decade of enduring chronic ear infections from a perforated eardrum, Delia Binette almost had to give up the sport she loves most: ...
Shown on the left is an illustration of the native tympanic membrane with its pattern of radial and concentric collagen fibers. The team developed a synthetic polymer-based ink system that enabled them to 3D print a device mimicking that same pattern, as illustrated in the middle and shown as an flexible 3D printed device on the right. Credit: Illustrations by Shawna Snyder, Photo by Wyss Institute at Harvard University.
Harvard’s Eardrum-Restoring PhonoGraft Enters Commercial Development
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