Guvener Orcun, Eyidogan Abdullah, Oto Cagdas, Huri Pinar Yilgor
Ankara University Medical Design Research and Application Center, MEDITAM, Ankara, Turkey.
Ankara University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Ankara, Turkey.
Emergent Mater. 2021;4(1):351-361. doi: 10.1007/s42247-021-00172-y. Epub 2021 Feb 10.
COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has had serious adverse effects globally in 2020 which are foreseen to extend in 2021, as well. The most important of these effects was exceeding the capacity of the healthcare infrastructures, and the related inability to meet the need for various medical equipment especially within the first months of the crisis following the emergence and rapid spreading of the virus. Urgent global demand for the previously unavailable personal protective equipment, sterile disposable medical supplies as well as the active molecules including vaccines and drugs fueled the need for the coordinated efforts of the scientific community. Amid all this confusion, the rapid prototyping technology, 3D printing, has demonstrated its competitive advantage by repositioning its capabilities to respond to the urgent need. Individual and corporate, amateur and professional all makers around the world with 3D printing capacity became united in effort to fill the gap in the supply chain until mass production is available especially for personal protective equipment and other medical supplies. Due to the unexpected, ever-changing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic-like all other potential communicable diseases-the need for rapid design and 3D production of parts and pieces as well as sterile disposable medical equipment and consumables is likely to continue to keep its importance in the upcoming years. This review article summarizes how additive manufacturing technology can contribute to such cases with special focus on the recent COVID-19 pandemic.
由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）引起的2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）在2020年对全球产生了严重的不利影响，预计在2021年还会持续。其中最重要的影响是超出了医疗基础设施的承载能力，以及在病毒出现并迅速传播后的危机最初几个月内，无法满足对各种医疗设备的需求。全球对以前无法获得的个人防护装备、无菌一次性医疗用品以及包括疫苗和药物在内的活性分子的迫切需求，促使科学界需要协同努力。在这一切混乱之中，快速成型技术——3D打印，通过重新定位其能力以应对迫切需求，展现出了竞争优势。世界各地拥有3D打印能力的个人和企业、业余和专业创客们团结一心，努力填补供应链缺口，直到大规模生产特别是个人防护装备和其他医疗用品供应充足。由于COVID-19大流行具有意外性、不断变化的性质——如同所有其他潜在的传染病一样，在未来几年，对零部件以及无菌一次性医疗设备和耗材进行快速设计和3D生产的需求可能会继续保持其重要性。这篇综述文章总结了增材制造技术如何能在这类情况下发挥作用，特别关注了最近的COVID-19大流行。
