Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): Trans. AMMM
https://doi.org/10.18416/AMMM.2020.2009006

Anti-Corona Aids and Devices

3D printing workflows for printing individualized personal protective equipment: an overview

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Matteo Meglioli (Università di Parma, Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Centro di Odontoiatria, Parma, Italia), Andrea Toffoli (Università di Parma, Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Centro di Odontoiatria, Parma, Italia), Guido Maria Macaluso (Università di Parma, Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Centro di Odontoiatria, Parma, Italia), Sylvain Catros (Inserm, UMR 1026, BioTis, Tissue Bioengineering, Service de Chirurgie Orale, Université de Bordeaux, UFR Odontologie, France)

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Abstract

Sars-Cov-2 pandemic has taken hold over the globe in the last months. Even the best healthcare systems all over the world are overwhelmed by the number of patients and the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE). Medical operators are exposed at high risk for contracting COVID-19. Additive manufacturing techniques allow to produce protective masks and facial shield. Thanks to 3D scans of the face, open-source files and software, many researchers and clinicians can print individualized PPE. This method paper aims to illustrate the key-aspects for producing individualized protective masks and face shields.

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Meglioli, M., Toffoli, A. ., Macaluso, G. M., & Catros, S. (2020). 3D printing workflows for printing individualized personal protective equipment: an overview. Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.18416/AMMM.2020.2009006