A splint to support a baby’s collapsing airway. New ears for children born without them. A customized CPAP mask for patients with sleep apnea. These personalized devices and models are all possible because of the 3D-printing advances made at Michigan Medicine, and this is just the beginning.

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MICHR has assisted with submissions for emergency FDA clearance for Dr. Green’s airway splint projects, and has supported the further clinical research of the procedure with Pilot Grant funding. He has met with the Research Initiatives team (formerly Research Development Core) for his clinical trial design, and MIAP has supported multiple pre-submission meetings with the FDA to determine the pre-clinical testing required to enable an IDE for his upcoming clinical trial.

MICHR is working with Dr. Zopf to prepare and submit a pre-submission meeting with the FDA to determine the pre-clinical testing required to enable an IDE for a clinical trial.