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SUBMITTER: Cote JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7422464 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Coté John J JJ Haggstrom John J Vivekanandan Ranuga R Coté Kristin A KA Real Daniel L DL Weber David P DP Cheng Anne A Dubay Nicholas G NG Farias-Eisner Robin R
3D printing in medicine 20200812 1
<h4>Background</h4>Powered air-purifying respirators are in short supply and can break down with extended use. Replacement parts can become hard to acquire. The aim of this study was to create an innovative quality improvement proof of concept using rapid prototyping.<h4>Methods</h4>Here we report three cases of 3D printed powered air-purifying respirator parts. 3D printing was performed on all parts using fused deposition modeling with standard polylactic acid, in the same way that presurgical ...[more]