Becker's Healthcare April 13, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a new use for 3D printing in hospitals – addressing equipment shortages by creating PPE and device components needed for makeshift ventilators.
With COVID-19 cases accelerating across the country, many hospitals and health systems are facing equipment and bed shortages in their intensive care units. One solution to this has been 3D printing; some health systems such as USC Keck Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Northwell Health have tapped 3D printers to create PPE and devices as a precaution. Whereas others, such as Stony Brook University in New York City are distributing 3D printed PPE to their clinicians on the frontlines of the pandemic.
Stony Brook University started 3D printing face shields and distributing...
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