University of Texas at Austin is using facial scan and 3D printing technologies to create custom N95 masks based on the clinician’s facial shape. The mask, dubbed the Contour3D, is made of non-porous ...

Surrounded by non-essential businesses in the Country Club Plaza closed to slow the spread of COVID-19, one shop is whirring with the sounds of 3D printers running nearly 24/7. Actually, the 3D ...

Face masks can provide an effective barrier, should someone be infected with the novel coronavirus, against passing on the infection. This is by allowing the mask wearer to breathe, whilst filtering ...

AUSTIN, Texas — As health care workers treating coronavirus patients face a shortage of face masks and other personal protective gear, a group of researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at ...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KXAN) – From masks to ventilator splitters, researchers and doctors in Texas are utilizing 3D printing to help save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the University of Texas ...

With the threat of a shortage of protective masks looming as the novel coronavirus pandemic grows, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) biomedical engineers and tinkerers had an inspired idea: ...

Steve Kirk is a charge nurse at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix and he has to treat every patient he sees as a potential carrier of the novel coronavirus. That means wearing some ...

Recently, the additive manufacturing industry entered the cosmetic and skincare space, with scientists leveraging new technologies to enhance their ability to create customized products. Here, we ...

A Lexington-based company that uses three-dimensional scanning for industrial pipelines has started helping University of Kentucky HealthCare make custom and much-needed masks using 3D printing.

ARLINGTON, Va.--The coronavirus pandemic has caused a global shortage of surgical face masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE), including for warfighters stationed at U.S. Forces Korea. To ...