00:00this might not look like much but it could be the future of surgery and cancer treatment this is
00:09what its designers call f3db a 3d bioprinter that uses bio ink to repair the body's organs but it
00:15can do so from inside the body conventional bioprinting must first be done outside the body
00:20then relying on invasive surgery to get whatever has been printed to where it needs to go that
00:24method involves long recovery times blood loss chance of infection you name it this new method
00:29however involves a flexible 3d printer meaning it can be inserted endoscopically through a small hole
00:34to deliver the bio ink wherever it needs to go what's more the device is an all-in-one tool with
00:39a scalpel and a water jet nozzle on the end allowing doctors to go in and remove cancerous cells then
00:44apply repairing treatments immediately following the procedure right now the flexible 3d printer
00:49is only 11 to 13 millimeters in diameter but they expect to get that even smaller as testing
00:54continues according to its developers there's nothing else like this currently available for
00:58doctors and they expect the device to be released within the next five to seven years possibly
01:03changing the way we do surgery forever
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