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 to 100,000 nasal swabs for COVID-19 tests a day.

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You can read all our coverage of the coronavirus/Covid-19 outbreak for free, and also sign up for our coronavirus newsletter . But please consider subscribing to support our nonprofit journalism. They’ll soon begin shipping the swabs to hospitals across the country that have been struggling to obtain the necessary tools and kits to diagnose a crush of patients amid the coronavirus outbreak, including Northwell Health in New York City and Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida. Courtesy: Formlabs “I can’t even tell you how many hospitals, […]

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