3D Printed Infected Lung Models Help Doctors Visualize Coronavirus
3D Printed Infected Lung Models Help Doctors Visualize Coronavirus
Coronavirus is spreading like wildfire around the world, and over 2,000,000 people have been tested positive. Many new technologies have been deployed in this battle, and 3D printing is one of them. For instance, many different PPE products that used 3DPlink print to print supplies including face shield, face mask, ventilator parts, and respirators etc.
Because COVID-19 is a new virus, many doctors have difficulties with visualizing the infection. Seeing this problem, 3DPlink, a rapid prototyping and manufacturing company based in Guangzhou, China, has recently used Stratasys J750 Polyjet to print transparent models for the infected lungs.
Based on the patients’ CT scans, these models realistically replicate the characteristics of ground glass nodule of the infected lungs. Because the PolyJet materials have a wide range of options, and multi-material and multi-color print are great feature of the Polyjet, it is able to print transparency, opaque,and color simultaneously, the models are of great help to medical research and surgical planning.
Actually, nowadays Polyjet print has been applied on various applications and focus on developing new applications in the medical filed, indeed, it has made great contribution to the medical/surgical area, especially during crises like the current one.
