Chapter 3367: Technology that changes cardiac surgery
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There was a burst of applause at the scene, and everyone sincerely expressed their sincere respect to Wu Hao and their technical team.
Although they are a little envious or even jealous of Wu Hao and the others for being able to develop such advanced cutting-edge technology, this does not hinder their admiration and admiration, because although this technology belongs to Wu Hao and the others, it is not for them, or even everyone else.
closely related.
Although they are not expected to use this technology in the future, it is their hope to save their lives.
"Can this 3D biological printer print human organs now?" Mr. Zhang asked Wu Hao impatiently.
After hearing Mr. Zhang's question, everyone looked at Wu Hao curiously. This is also the question they are most concerned about now.
In response, Wu Hao smiled and said: "It depends on what kind of organ it is. The human body has many organs and tissues, such as skin, blood vessels, nerves, muscles, etc.
At present, with the capabilities of our biological 3D printer, it is not possible to print complete organ tissues, such as heart, kidney, liver, etc. However, such as ordinary skin tissue, blood vessel tissue, nervous tissue, muscle tissue, etc.
All are printable.
Even part of the organ tissue can be printed. For example, we once printed myocardial tissue and then used the printed myocardial tissue to repair damaged heart tissue."
Hearing Wu Hao's introduction, Wu Jiuzhi's expression was shocked, and then he said to everyone: "The case Mr. Wu was talking about was not someone else, but his brother-in-law. This is also the first time that our medical research center has used biological 3D printing technology.
The surgery of printing myocardial tissue to repair the heart was also published in the top medical journals of the year and became a technology that changed cardiac surgery."
Hearing Wu Jiuzhi's introduction, everyone present showed surprise on their faces. They did not expect that there was something hidden in it.
Faced with everyone's doubtful glances, Wu Hao smiled bitterly, and then said: "My brother-in-law was in a car accident and his heart was seriously damaged, so he only had two choices, one was to have a heart transplant or wait for a donor.
Or choose our smart bionic artificial heart.
The other method is to use printed myocardial tissue to repair his original heart.
Each of these options has pros and cons, and after careful consideration by his family and himself, he finally chose heart repair surgery."
After the introduction, Wu Hao took the transparent tablet from Wu Jiuzhi's hand and slid it a few times. The relevant case information about Lin Lei appeared on the big screen.
This case has also become one of the most important medical achievements in this medical center, and is naturally displayed to everyone as a display material.
Looking at the detailed case information on the screen, everyone seemed to have witnessed the birth of a medical miracle, and could not help but have a deeper respect for Wu Hao and his team.
Dare to use his brother-in-law as an experiment, Wu Hao must have made a lot of determination and endured a lot of pressure compared to that time.
"The dark red myocardial tissue on the screen was printed by us using a biological 3D printer. These printed myocardial tissues will be implanted into the patient's heart in stages through cardiac surgery, thereby treating the damaged heart.
Make repairs and restore heart function."
Looking at the living cardiac tissue on the screen, everyone was filled with shock. It was hard to imagine that they were actually printed manually.
"Mr. Wu, what is the success rate of this kind of myocardial tissue repair surgery?" A manager couldn't help but ask.
Wu Hao smiled slightly and replied: "At present, the success rate of this kind of surgery is still relatively high.
Of course, this is inseparable from the efforts and technical accumulation of our team, including the medical center’s medical team, as well as the patient’s own physical condition and recovery.
But in general, this kind of surgery has brought new hope to many patients with heart damage. In cases like this in the past, we could only delay the decline of the damaged heart function as much as possible, refuse and prevent the heart disease.
The emergence of decline.
Other than that, there is no way to completely cure it.
Now, using this method, we can repair the damaged myocardium instead of waiting for heart failure to occur."
After hearing Wu Hao's introduction, everyone couldn't help but be amazed.
Mr. Zhang couldn't help but sigh: "Mr. Wu, your team is really amazing! This technology not only brings new treatment methods to patients, but also brings new possibilities to the entire medical community!"
When Wu Hao heard this, he waved his hand modestly, and then introduced with a smile: "In addition to this kind of myocardial tissue, we can also print some more complex organ tissues, such as liver tissue.
Although limited by current technology, only a few parts are intelligently printed, but it is very meaningful. Because liver transplantation does not require a complete liver, only a part of it.
In this way, future liver transplant operations do not require patients to wait for a donor, or to ask immediate family members to donate livers. Using the patient's liver cells, we can print a part of the liver tissue and then implant it into the patient's body.
Thus extending the patient’s life.”
Having said this, Wu Hao paused, then softened his tone and said: "Of course, the current liver transplantation operation using printed liver tissue is not yet perfect, so there has been no clinical trial yet.
However, we have achieved excellent scientific research results in animal experiments. We are currently applying for a phase I clinical trial. If all goes well, the world's first liver transplant using liver tissue printed by a biological 3D printer will be
It will be held here this year."
His voice was full of confidence and expectation, as if he had seen the future medical world undergo earth-shaking changes due to this technology.
Everyone present was also infected by his emotions. They expressed their interest in paying attention to the progress of this technology and hoped to see its practical application as soon as possible.
"In this way, liver diseases can be completely overcome in the future." Mr. Li couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes, Mr. Wu, if this happens, the smart bionic artificial liver you developed will be useless."
"Yes, with this kind of living donor liver transplant, who would install such artificial machinery and equipment?"
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After hearing the words, everyone spoke freely. But soon, everyone looked at Wu Hao in unison, waiting for his answer.
In their opinion, Wu Hao has done something stupid. Making the functional positioning of his two products conflict with each other is obviously not in line with the marketing strategy.
Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but feel a little better.
