Raconteur August 24, 2020
Rachel Jones

Around the world, organisations are deploying tried-and-tested technologies and developing new ones to accelerate healthcare innovation and fight the coronavirus. From revolutionary CRISPR techniques to 3D printing of personal protective equipment, here are ten of the most exciting examples

1. 3D-printed swabs designed with AI

Belfast-based Axial3D, an artificial intelligence software company specialising in medical 3D printing to create anatomical models, has deployed its 3D capability in new ways to print face shields, ventilator parts and nasopharyngeal swabs for testing.

Following clinical trials in New York and Florida, it has sent hundreds of thousands of specially designed swabs to capture COVID-19 samples across the United States, Europe and Asia. Measuring around 15cm, these are produced on Formlabs...

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Topics: 3D Printing, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Apps, Biotechnology, Cloud, Digital Health, Health IT, Healthcare System, mHealth, Pharma / Biotech, Physician, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Technology, Trends
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