Shortages of medical devices and protective equipment driven by the coronavirus pandemic have led medical workers and...
COVID-19 Articles
3D Printing and COVID-19, April 7, 2020 Update
Companies, organizations and individuals continue to attempt to lend support to the COVID-19 pandemic supply effort....
3D printers shine in local mask-making efforts
Dan Myers is turning his small Vancouver industrial design company into the next line of defense in the regions effort...
Prisma Health develops FDA-authorized 3D-printed device that lets a single ventilator treat four patients
The impending shortage of ventilators for U.S. hospitals is likely already a crisis, but will become even more dire as...
People are 3D printing their own protective equipment
With hospitals and all corners of healthcare struggling to keep up with demand for personal protection equipment,...
How 3D printing can help to address shortages in COVID-19 life-saving ventilation devices
Dozens of organizations and hundreds of additive manufacturing companies are racing to help governments and healthcare...
How 3D printing can be used for coronavirus testing kits, masks and ventilator parts
More than a half million people across the world have been infected with the novel coronavirus . While the spread in...
Ford’s coronavirus manufacturing push could hinge on 3D printing
Much remains unknown about how exactly Ford plans to fast-track production of ventilators and powered air-purifying...
Denture Center’s 3D printing equipment makes N95 mask and ventilator valve prototypes
Denturist Eric Kukucka is hoping the same 3D printing equipment he uses to help restore smiles for his patients can do...
Calgary company says 3D printing could fill medical equipment gaps
A Calgary 3D printing firm is volunteering its resources to help address potential medical equipment shortages as the...
Architecture schools are using digital fab labs to 3D print medical equipment
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to worsen and foreseeable shortages of necessary safety and medical equipment begin...
Belfast 3D printing firm developing parts for new NHS ventilators
A BELFAST-based medical tech firm that specialises in 3D printing is now developing products to help tackle Covid-19....