COVID-19 Articles

3D-printer owners rally to produce protective equipment as stocks dwindle

With healthcare workers facing shortages of protective equipment such as masks, gloves and visors, an informal network of doctors, engineers, designers and 3D printing hobbyists is scrambling to produce these in Australia. . Domestic stocks of personal protective...

Your 3D printer could make you a COVID-19 hero

It’s hard not to feel helpless in these difficult times, but if you have a 3D printer, you might play a key role in supporting B.C.’s health-care workers in the coming months. . Two B.C. companies, Victoria-based Crisis Rapid Prototyping Society (CRPS) and...

Solving Pressing Challenges: 3D Printing of Medical Grade Face Shields

As medical care providers on the front lines deliver patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Duke task force is also working to ensure Duke Health does not experience a medical equipment supply shortage similar to hospitals around the country. . The task force...

PPE: How to 3D print your own protective equipment

Have you been looking rather sadly at your plastic pinny and face mask wondering how it could possibly protect you? One man thought he could fix that problem; Josef Prusa, the founder of a 3D printing company, Prusa Printers. . After an intensive weekend of designing...