Cellule has devised a system for creating personalised digital and 3D-printed models of hearts, which can be used to help doctors plan surgery for transplant patients.

Doctors are using extraordinary 3D-printed replicas of patients’ hearts to improve surgery and predict those at risk of life-threatening changes in their heartbeat.

In a small, windowless room at Toronto General Hospital, a bank of seven 3D printers runs day and night, patiently laying down layer after layer of coloured plastic. When the printing is done, the ...

Surgeons carried out successful surgery on a baby ’s heart after practising on a 3D model of it. Pippa Fulton was born a month prematurely, weighing just 4.5lbs (2kg) and with several heart ...

In desperate need to fix a young girl's heart, a team of cardiovascular surgeons at Miami Children's Hospital tap 3D-printing to help make the operation a success.

Researchers have developed a three-dimensional model that shows how exposure to cadmium might lead to congenital heart disease. Affecting nearly 40,000 newborns a year, congenital heart disease is ...

3D model of a boy’s heart speeds up life-saving operation Surgeons in Louisville, KY leverage a MakerBot Replicator 2X to see a tiny organ.