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Belfast 3D printing firm developing parts for new NHS ventilators

Belfast 3D printing firm developing parts for new NHS ventilators

Written by David

March 27, 2020

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A BELFAST-based medical tech firm that specialises in 3D printing is now developing products to help tackle Covid-19. Axial3D creates models of the human anatomy to assist surgeons in critical operations. But the firm is now working on parts that will be used in new ventilators being built for the NHS.

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The company is also manufacturing valves and splitters for ventilators to enable the life-saving devices to support at least two patients in certain cases. Most of Axial3D’s 30 staff are based at its Ormeau Avenue offices, but it also employs a number of people across the United States. That connection has resulted in the Northern Ireland firm also joining a project that will print hundreds of thousands of face shields for healthcare workers in North […]

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