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Dream Come True: How Two Australian Dentists 3D Printed A Fix For Apnea

Dorothy Pomerantz
Natalie Filatoff
August 08, 2017
Some 34 men out of 100 suffer from sleep apnea, and Dr. Christopher Hart was one of them. The condition, which is much less frequently diagnosed in women, blocks the airways and causes people to temporarily stop breathing. It also can jolt them awake several times during the night. The most common treatment involves a method called Continuous Positive Airways Pressure or CPAP, which requires sleeping with a bedside pump that forces air through a mask worn over the mouth and nose.
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Dream come true: an Australian sleep-apnoea solution

Natalie Filatoff
July 05, 2017
From a bed of the softest titanium powder, 60 silvery air pipes emerge, perfectly formed by an electron-beam 3D printer. Each hollow harbinger of peaceful breathing is specifically shaped to fit the bite and feed the airways of one person suffering obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA).
This is the story of how Dr Christopher Hart, a sleep-deprived Australian dentist, collaborated with CSIRO, the nation’s innovation enabler, to lift the snorer’s curse for himself and for thousands, perhaps soon to be hundreds of thousands, of others.
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