The 3D print head cover will help the injured dog to recover

According to the British "Daily Mail" reported on December 6th, a 4 month old Staffordshire Bull Terrier was bitten by a dog, skull fracture, now is healing, thanks to Exo-K9 3D a new print head cover. The head cover was developed by the veterinary school of the University of California at Davis and the Biomedical Engineering Institute for jaws injured dogs.

According to the school of veterinary medicine is introduced, which is named Loca in the cheekbone and jaw bone fracture of the dog at the same time, other parts of the face were badly wounded, but its age is small, the temporomandibular joint is easy to heal through bone regeneration in nature, so it is the best test object Exo-K9 mask at.

The researchers scanned it with CT, learned the details of the injury, and made a rescue operation and put it on the Exo-K9 head. They observed that Loca performs very well during the 3 days of hospitalization: almost immediately began to eat soft food, good pain medications, tied a bandage on the neck cushion do not play with toys, or anything that can bite things. A month later, CT scans showed bone regeneration in the temporomandibular joint of the puppy. And it can eat hard food to help the joints recover. About three months later, Loca received third conical beam CT scans, and veterinarians found that the surgical site had healed well before it. The researchers concluded: "all indications suggest that the Exo-K9 head mask is a feasible way to treat maxillofacial injuries."