Kumar Kandambath Padinjareveetil Akshay, Pumera Martin
Future Energy and Innovation Laboratory Central European Institute of Technology Brno University of Technology Purkyňova 123 Brno 61200 Czech Republic.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 3D Printing & Innovation Hub Mendel University in Brno Zemedelska 1 Brno 61300 Czech Republic.
Adv Funct Mater. 2021 May 26;31(22):2100450. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202100450. Epub 2021 Mar 24.
3D-printing technology provided numerous contributions to the health sector during the recent Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Several of the 3D-printed medical devices like personal protection equipment (PPE), ventilators, specimen collectors, safety accessories, and isolation wards/ chambers were printed in a short time as demands for these were rising significantly. The review discusses some of these contributions of 3D-printing that helped to protect several lives during this health emergency. By enlisting some of the significant benefits of using the 3D-printing technique during an emergency over other conventional methods, this review claims that the former opens enormous possibilities in times of serious shortage of supply and exceeding demands. This review acknowledges the collaborative approaches adopted by individuals, entrepreneurs, academicians, and companies that helped in forming a global network for delivering 3D-printed medical/non-medical components, when other supply chains were disrupted. The collaboration of the 3D-printing technology with the global health community unfolds new and significant opportunities in the future.
在最近的2019年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行期间,3D打印技术为卫生部门做出了诸多贡献。随着对个人防护装备(PPE)、呼吸机、标本采集器、安全配件以及隔离病房/舱室等3D打印医疗设备的需求大幅上升,其中一些设备在短时间内就被打印出来。本综述讨论了3D打印的一些贡献,这些贡献在此次卫生紧急事件中帮助挽救了许多生命。通过列举在紧急情况下使用3D打印技术相较于其他传统方法的一些显著优势,本综述认为,在供应严重短缺和需求过剩的时期,前者开辟了巨大的可能性。本综述认可了个人、企业家、学者和公司所采用的合作方式,这些合作在其他供应链中断时,有助于形成一个全球网络来交付3D打印的医疗/非医疗组件。3D打印技术与全球卫生界的合作在未来展现出了新的重大机遇。