Pueo bird’s broken wing repaired with innovative 3D printing technology

(WGN) — A Pueo bird with a broken wing is benefiting from advances in 3D printing for veterinary medicine.

“It was really cool in surgery like, ‘Oh man, this is a cool opportunity to be a part of,'” said Dr. Brian Walsh, Medical Director of Feathers and Fur Animal Hospital.

It’s the first known time the 3D printed fixator has been used to help stabilize the broken bones of a bird’s wing in Hawaii.

Other birds, like Polly the duck in Texas, have gotten other help from 3D printing in the form of a 3D printed bill that used specialized

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