Abstract : Recently all the global healthcare systems are menaced by novel COVID pandemic. With the prolong increasing rate of infection there was also increase in demand for clinical equipment like gloves, mask, ventilator and valves. Suppliers and manufacturers weren’t able to meet up the spike in demand. Various 3D printing startup companies pitched in their technology to dispose off this strain. Three-dimensional printing technology entails manufacturing technique to build a structure of any imaginable shape. This technology has revamped medicinal arsenal. In this article we had outlined an edge that 3D printing mask holds over conventional or cloth mask. We have also noted down different type of 3D printed mask available like copper 3D printed, ViriMask and silicone cast. Our studies helped us to infer that 3D printing with its new trend in healthcare has led a manufacturing renaissance and a shield to fight against COVID crisis.
Daksha Rao , Jagruti Thoke
COVID-19, 3D printing, Facemask, 3Dprinted Facemask, Conventional mask
