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Can we 3D print a respirator yet? If it was in the united states the patients would just die while the administration insisted on waiting for the most profitab
by ck2 7y ago
Can we 3D print a respirator yet?
If it was in the united states the patients would just die while the administration insisted on waiting for the most profitable bids from various companies while the president did a press briefing to shake the hands of the various ceos and boast about raising their stock prices.
Actually we may just get that scenario since we are on the Italian curve and so many people right now are out in bars, restaurants, etc.
This is going to be a year to remember.
- crankylinuxuser 7y agoWell, I counter this with "Just do it anyways". When the SHTF, we individuals, clinics, and local areas won't give a shit what DC and their lackeys say or do. We're on our own, in a local collective way. If the 3d printed part is good for 1 person, then I'll print 10. And my buddy will print 10, and they'll print 10.
- 1996 7y agoI agree 100%. In theory, everybody cares about FDA certification and all the legal details like HIPPA and stuff. In practice, when SHTF ie in a situation like 9/11, most humans beings seem to do the best they can with what they have.
- The_suffocated 7y agoNot sure about oxygen respirators, but some civil organizations in Hong Kong have been 3D-printing filter cans for 3M 6200 face-piece respirators since mid-February, amid shortage of surgical face masks. The designs of the filter cans are modified so that, instead of using 3M's particulate filters, one cuts a surgical face mask into many smaller pieces and inserts only one piece of them into the filter can in each use.