symmetry_seeking OP t1_j52x17w wrote on January 20, 2023 at 12:46 AM

Reply to comment by ArcOfADream in Researchers successfully print an onject under skin using sound waves - a first step toward reducing the need for open surgery. by symmetry_seeking

Resin printing is already a thing. The article mentions working withe a multitude of materials. I could see injecting a bio-safe substance into the wound area.

ArcOfADream t1_j561qxh wrote on January 20, 2023 at 5:26 PM

That would work for things like installing stents to clear blocked or damaged blood vessel perhaps, but repairing liver and other organ damage would probably require actual (for example) liver cells - you can just patch a but of the liver with plastic and say "job well done" because that just won't work and may cause more harm than good.

But once the materials science catches up, could be that they could just build you a whole new artificial organ, and that without carving a big hole in you to install it.