How one man saved his wife’s eyesight with a 3D printer
Most would consider a do-it-yourself project to be something pretty straightforward: staining the deck, building a new shelf, or any number of small-scale projects. For Michael Balzer, however, do-it-yourself includes helping plan a tumor removal procedure that saved his wife’s eyesight. And it was all possible thanks to 3D printing.
For more on how Balzer took MRI images and recreated a model of his wife’s skull, read the link below:
Evan joined TriMed in 2011, writing primarily for Health Imaging. Prior to diving into medical journalism, Evan worked for the Nine Network of Public Media in St. Louis. He also has worked in public relations and education. Evan studied journalism at the University of Missouri, with an emphasis on broadcast media.