The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the 3D-printed Ventilator Converter part created by 3D printer manufacturer Formlab. According to a Techcrunch report, an emergency use ...

After nearly 40 years of practicing emergency medicine, Dr. Bruce Becker planned on retiring and focusing his energy on serving as Chief Medical Officer of Vitae Industries, a Providence, R.I.-based ...

For weeks, Christian Parker has been working to save lives across the United States from his home in Washington state using a 3D printer and a blueprint for a small, Y-shaped piece of plastic. Parker ...

Many hospitals around the world currently have an alarming shortage of mechanical ventilators, which they can use to treat COVID-19 patients. Responding to this crisis, Belgian 3D printing company ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- To take on the shortage of ventilators caused by COVID-19, developers from the Army Research Laboratory are collaborating with civilian partners to manufacture low-cost, emergency ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link As the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, continues to spread worldwide, healthcare workers are facing a shortage of supplies, including ...

Facing acute shortages of ventilators to treat a tsunami of COVID-19 patients, doctors and engineers are improvising, and one relatively easy, inexpensive, and slightly risky workaround is a splitter ...

As COVID-19 pushes American hospitals to the breaking point, intensive care units are finding creative ways to deal with a looming shortage of lifesaving mechanical ventilators. New York-Presbyterian ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) ─ Researchers at Brown University have created a 3D print design that will put ventilator manufacturing into the hands of others. Professor Dan Harris and his research team ...

A Raleigh native played a role in a Australia's effort to save lives due to COVID-19. Registered nurse Claire Bridges played an important role on a team developing prototype models for a low-cost, ...

As frontline workers and hospitals struggle to get access to enough medical equipment to deal with the rapid spread of coronavirus, a growing number of businesses are pushing what could be a promising ...

What do you do when a crucial part of a lifesaving piece of medical equipment is in hopelessly short supply? You 3D print yourself a supply of them, of course. At least, that’s what happened at a ...