Longevity science

Medical ModelingInc. of Golden, Colorado has been cleared by the FDA to sell its VSP System software for individualized surgical planning. Using proprietary ClearView and OsteoView CAD/CAM technology, it allows surgeons to print 3D implants using stereolithography additive manufacturing.

The package consists of VSP Reconstruction for planning work on the mandible or maxilla using vascularized grafts, and VSP Orthognathics for the jaw.

Doctors at Johns Hopkins University were able to give a woman her ear back by first growing it beneath the skin of her forearm.

The doctors reconstructed an incomplete ear using the limited amount of skin she had left on her face and neck for reconstruction. The ear was then planted beneath the skin of her forearm.

Cartilage from Walter’s rib cage, and skin and arteries from other areas of her body were placed in her arm...