by David | Mar 29, 2020 | Companies, COVID-19, Medical
More than 150 organizations have said they can help #3Dprint face shields with @Stratasys to respond to requests from care providers around the world. . Requests from hospitals and other organizations exceed 350,000 shields; first hospital shipment received on Mar....
by David | Mar 29, 2020 | 3D News, COVID-19, Maker Movement, Medical
There’s an urgent need for personal protective equipment, or PPE, to help shield doctors and nurses caring for patients with the coronavirus. So some local “hackers” are coming together with a common goal: outfitting medical professionals in our area...
by David | Mar 29, 2020 | COVID-19, Education and Research, Medical
When Madiha Choksi, a research and learning technologies librarian at Columbia University, received a call for help from a doctor last week, she didn’t hesitate. Part of her job entails managing the school library’s 3D printing program, so she often gets requests from...
by David | Mar 29, 2020 | Companies, COVID-19, Geopolitical Regions, Medical
While China seems to have dealt with the spread of COVID-19 within its borders, countries like Italy and the US have become the new hot spots for the coronavirus. And as the number of those infected continues to rise, so does the demand for qualified specialists and...
by David | Mar 29, 2020 | COVID-19, Medical
As a hospitalist mentioned in a previous post on the efforts of 3D printing companies to address the coronavirus outbreak, some 3D-printed parts may be safer and easier to deploy. . 3D-printed valves and respirator parts require greater safety considerations “due to...
by David | Mar 29, 2020 | Companies, COVID-19, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Medical
In normal times, Formlabs sells 3D printers, not 3D printed products. But in the coming days, the Somerville, Mass. company will dedicate the 250 printers in its Ohio factory – usually used to manufacture dental product samples to market its machines – to crank out up...
by David | Mar 29, 2020 | 3D News, COVID-19, Maker Movement, Medical, People
A grassroots effort, bubbling right here in Oregon, is helping solve one of the biggest problems our frontline heroes are facing: a rapidly dwindling stock of personal protective equipment (PPE). . Healthcare workers and makers joined up to help fill the need. ....
by David | Mar 29, 2020 | Companies, COVID-19, Medical
Hospitals are running dangerously low on personal protective equipment, so an Oakland-based 3D printing company is stepping in to help the medical community with the PPE shortage amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. . FATHOM is an advanced manufacturing and 3D...
by David | Mar 29, 2020 | 3D News, COVID-19, Medical
Since the initial news flurry about how a network of Italian 3D printing users came to the rescue of a hospital on the front lines of the COVID-19 outbreak in Northern Italy, a number of new stories have come out about how additive manufacturing (AM) is or could be...
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