Three federal agencies have teamed up to collectively leverage and accelerate 3D printing and other advanced manufacturing technologies in the fight against COVID-19.
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The Food and Drug Administration, Veterans Affairs Department and National Institutes of Health recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formalize a unified effort through which they’ll solicit designs for, produce and test 3D-printed personal protective equipment and other medical supplies to support America’s response to the worldwide health emergency.
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Through the work, the agencies are also engaging in a public-private partnership with the non-profit accelerator America Makes, which will act as a sort of matchmaker between the health care facilities that need the agency-approved, to-be-printed goods and manufacturing industry insiders with the capabilities to produce them. “This initiative is rapidly evolving,” Dr. Beth Ripley, chair of the Veteran’s Health Administration’s 3D Printing Advisory Committee and enterprise lead of VHA’s 3D Printing Network told Nextgov […]
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