COVID-19 Articles

‘Designs are freely available:’ Community answers the call for 3D printed masks during COVID-19 outbreak

A few weeks back Concordia University put out a call for help creating 3D printed face masks. On Thursday, April 23 the community answered the call. . Daniel Connolly Fifth grader Daniel Connolly is making a special delivery to Concordia University Thursday morning....

3D Printing and COVID-19, April 23, 2020 Update

A large number of businesses continue to support medical supply efforts. This includes Ferrari, who is 3D printing respirator valves and fittings for protective masks as part of a collaborative effort with Siare Engineering, Italy’s only maker of pulmonary...

Individualized vent-splitter may allow multiple COVID-19 patients to share single ventilator

As the pandemic swept across the nation in March, so did urgent questions about the virus' potential strain on the healthcare system. Among top concerns: whether the nation's hospitals had enough ventilators to provide breathing support to critically ill patients with...

Why DIY 3D-Printed Face Masks and Shields Are So Risky

Brian Lovett, a product manager at an AdTech firm in Denver, Colorado, started 3D-printing quaint little knick-knacks–coffee coasters and orchids pots–for his home back in 2018. But when the coronavirus pandemic hit his city, two of Lovett’s close friends, both...