June 12, 2018
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Under the direction of Dr. Stephen Goutman, Michigan Medicine’s ALS Center of Excellence and the ALS Multidisciplinary Clinic was recently awarded an ALS Association Clinical Management grant to support Dr. Goutman’s important study aimed at improving non-invasive ventilation for people with ALS through the use of custom-printed 3D masks.
Dr. Goutman partnered with Dr. Glenn Green, an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Michigan, to determine if customizing a non-invasive mask interface using 3D printing technology could improve the use of non-invasive ventilation in persons with ALS.