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Article Dans Une Revue Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine Année : 2022

COVID-19: Current challenges regarding medical healthcare supplies and their implications on the global additive manufacturing industry

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The covid-19 outbreak has caused a shortage of masks and other healthcare products for the general public around the globe. In addition, it has also affected the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) used by healthcare services because of a sudden increase in their demand. This significant disruption in the global supply chain of these products resulted in, leaving many staff and patients without protection. The additive manufacturing (AM) industry is going through extraordinary times and can provide emergency responses to help deal with the global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of the present work is therefore to perform an up-to-date review to determine the capacity of AM to provide exclusive benefits for the medical healthcare supplies sector to fight this current situation. In this review, it is found that AM technology has proved that it can be used as a volume manufacturing technology for the ongoing crisis. However, the standardization and certification are appeared to represent the main challenges for adopting the AM in healthcare against COVID-19. Furthermore, additively manufactured materials for medical applications must be developed for medical environments. Most printed medical products for COVID-19 require biocompatibility evaluation and shall prove their ability to sterilize. Finally, this review concluded that AM technology can fulfill the requirements of face masks and ventilator parts for healthcare systems for proper controlling and treating of COVID-19 patients when the safety and efficacy of these devices are ensured.

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hal-03588859 , version 1 (22-04-2022)

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Ibrahim Goda, Mourad Nachtane, Yumna Qureshi, Hamza Benyahia, Mostapha Tarfaoui. COVID-19: Current challenges regarding medical healthcare supplies and their implications on the global additive manufacturing industry. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 2022, pp.095441192110703. ⟨10.1177/09544119211070373⟩. ⟨hal-03588859⟩
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