Additive manufacturing in fighting against novel coronavirus COVID-19
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Additive manufacturing in fighting against novel coronavirus COVID-19 M. Tarfaoui 1 & M. Nachtane 2
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I. Goda 2 & Y. Qureshi 1 & H. Benyahia 1
Received: 27 May 2020 / Accepted: 10 September 2020 # Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Nowadays, COVID-19 also known as novel coronavirus has become a global pandemic by causing severe respiratory tract infections in humans without any definite treatment or vaccine. Therefore, disease control measures include slowing down or averting the transfer of this viral infection from person to person. Continuous efforts are carried out to avoid the transmission of this disease to frontline healthcare personnel using single-use personal protective equipment (PPE). However, a critical shortage in this equipment around the world is becoming an alarming concern. Therefore, it is vital to present a possible alternative to overcome the acute shortage of protective gear such as face masks against this infectious disease which can have universal accessibility and is easily available. Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, is a possible solution to overcome the shortage of protective gear and can play a vital role in supporting their conventional production supplies during this global pandemic situation. In this context, this paper provides a brief background study of COVID-19, its conventional preventive measure, and a detailed overview regarding the latest AM efforts including designers’ providers and makers in the 3D printing community. Moreover, numerous inquiries and questions such as technical factors, testing recommendations and characterization methods and biological concerns such as biocompatibility and sterilization for the AM manufactured medical devices are addressed in this paper. In the end, two examples of AM medical devices, i.e., face mask and Ambu bag ventilator, are presented and studied through numerical simulations. Keywords COVID-19 . Coronavirus . PPE . Frontline healthcare workers . Additive manufacturing . Face mask . Ventilators
1 Introduction Currently, the world is experiencing a pandemic situation caused by the widespread of the viral disease known as “severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV)” or “Coronavirus * M. Tarfaoui [email protected] * M. Nachtane [email protected] I. Goda [email protected] Y. Qureshi [email protected] H. Benyahia [email protected] 1
ENSTA Bretagne, IRDL-UMR CNRS 6027, F-29200 Brest, France
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Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, INRAE, HESAM Université, I2M Bordeaux, F-33400 Talence, France
Disease 2019” (COVID-19) [1–3]. This virus initiates from the family of coronaviridae and caused almost 741,000 death with overall recorded cases of 20.3 million; that is why, it was declared as a global pandemic by WHO on 31 January 2020 [4–7]. Moreover, clinical symptoms and complications of COVID-19 are similar to the viral infections of the same origin and circul
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