4D-PRINTED MEDICAL IMPLANTS. “Today, researchers are printing biocompatible parts to be implanted in our body … We can now generate structures that will change shape and functionality without external intervention”. One key health-care application might be cardiac stents, tubes placed inside the heart to aid healing. “We want to print parts that can survive a lifetime inside the body if necessary.”
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