Case Study: Jacobs Institute achieves safer, more effective brain aneurysm treatment with Stratasys 3D Printing

3D Printing for Vascular Health

Jacobs Institute, working with Kaleida Health’s Gates Vascular Institute and the University at Buffalo, needed a reliable way to plan treatment for patient Teresa Flint’s complex cerebral aneurysm. They turned to Stratasys 3D Printing solutions—printing a patient-specific vascular model on the Eden 260V using flexible TangoPlus photopolymer—to replicate the anatomy and tissue feel for pre-surgical evaluation.

Stratasys’ model, created from Flint’s CT scans, allowed the Jacobs Institute team to test the initially chosen embolization device and discover it would fail, prompting a revised treatment plan that led to a successful repair. By using Stratasys 3D printed models the team preempted complications, avoided an intraoperative device failure and on-table plan change, and reduced procedural risk and time while improving the likelihood of a positive patient outcome.

Jacobs Institute

Adnan Siddiqui

Chief Medical Officer