In the coronavirus emergency, the Chiari hospital was left almost without valves for a resuscitation device. 3D printing created new ones!
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousThe hospital lacks the valves for a resuscitation device and the supplier can't give them quickly, but 3D printing is coming to help and save lives. It happens in Chiari, in the province of Brescia, whose hospital, in full coronavirus emergency, was almost left without the valves for a useful machine for those in intensive care.
To tell this story with a happy ending is Massimo Temporelli, journalist and entrepreneur expert in innovation, science and technology. As he says in a post on social media, Nunzia Vallini, director of the Giornale di Brescia, with whom Temporelli collaborates for the dissemination of Industry 4.0 culture in schools (including 3D printing), had turned to him.
Vallini had informed him of an urgency. “In a hospital in Brescia the valves for a resuscitation instrument were running out and the supplier could not supply them quickly. It would have been unbelievable damage, some people might have lost their lives. So, you asked me: is it possible to 3D print this valve? ".
Early this morning Nunzia Vallini, the editor of the Giornale di Brescia, woke me up on the phone, with whom ...
Posted by Massimo Temporelli on Friday, March 13, 2020
In a moment, a round of ideas and phone calls and the miracle happened: the engineer Cristian Fracassi, with his company and his team, brought a Printer 3D directly to the hospital and in a few hours he redesigned and then produced the missing piece.
According to the latest updates, the system works and to date 10 patients are accompanied in breathing by a machine with the 3D printed valve.
Last update, 19.30 pm, the system works! Currently 10 patients are accompanied in breathing by ...
Posted by Massimo Temporelli on Saturday, March 14, 2020
So, come on, go on like this!
Source: Massimo Temporelli Facebook page
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