Emerging Applications of 3D Printing During CoVID 19 Pandemic [electronic resource] / edited by Kamalpreet Sandhu, Sunpreet Singh, Chander Prakash, Neeta Raj Sharma, Karupppasamy Subburaj.

Practical Frontline 3D Printing of Biomedical Equipment: From Design to Distribution – a North American Experience -- The Role of Distributed Manufacturing and 3D Printing in Development of Personal Protective Equipment against COVID-19 -- Effectiveness of 3D Printing Technologies for Developing Ventilators -- Effectiveness of 3D Printing and Open Source Technologies for Development of Ventilators, and other Critical Care Technology in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Three-dimensional Printing against COVID-19: Addressing Supply Shortages -- Artificial Intelligence in 3D-printing: A Revolution in Healthcare -- 3D printing Technology for Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic -- Fostering Novel Materials and Subsisting Technologies for 3D Printing -- COVID-19 Safe Clinical Dentistry: Applications of 3-D Printing Technologies -- Developing Personal Protective Equipment against COVID-19.

This book presents various practical breakthroughs of 3D printing (3DP) technologies in developing different types of tool and gadgets to be used against COVID-19 pandemic. It presents multidisciplinary aspects of 3DP technology in social, medical, administration, and scientific areas. This book presents state-of-the-art applications of 3DP technology in the development of PPE, ventilators, respiratory equipments, and customized drugs. It provides a comprehensive collection of the technical notes, research designs, literature prospective, and clinical applications of 3DP technologies to effectively deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. This book will be beneficial for the medical professionals, pharmacists, manufacturing enterprises, and young scholars in understanding the real potential of 3DP technologies in aiding humans-based activities against the COVID-19 crisis. Having interdisciplinary applications in applied science, this book will also be useful for wide range of academicians, research scholars and industry stakeholders.