How 3-D printing is helping the US fight medical equipment shortages and the coronavirus
of 213 cities and Puerto Rico by the United States Conference of Mayors estimates that to fight the virus, cities are going to need 28.5 million face masks, 24.4 million other PPE items, 7.9 million test kits and 139,000 ventilators.
The University Hospital Trust in Paris acquired 60 FDM 3-D printers from Stratasys in late March to create an in-house rapid-response supply chain.When it became clear that the disease was spreading around the world, Stratasys set up a cloud of machines with more than 150 of its customers "that can print everything," Zeif said. Stratasys' network includes thousands of printers at U.S.
"We pivoted and said, 'We can't do what we normally do, so what can we do to help?'" said Carbon CEO Ellen Kullman, whose shields were tested by professionals at Stanford Hospital and Kaiser Permanente. "Shields and swabs were things we could act on quickly as standalone products; we had a couple of iterations of face shields out in the hands of medical personnel within two days.
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