John Grant is creating his version of a 3D face shield at the Baltimore Node, a workshop in Baltimore City. Builders, designers and engineers from across the region are joining a worldwide movement of people using 3D printers to meet a shortage of N-95 masks and face shields for hospital staff on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Health care providers at hospitals around the region and globe have been rationing personal protective equipment due to the lack of supply worldwide. Doctor Koushik Kasanagottu with Johns Hopkins Bayview says the PPE shortage comes with a risk. “If health care providers themselves start getting sick with the coronavirus then we’re going to be in a dangerous situation because we’re not going to be able to care for the patients in an effective manner,” he said. To fill the shortage of PPE, owners of 3D printers have taken designs from Prusa […]

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