3D-printed shields for slit lamps produced during the COVID-19 pandemic

Additive manufacturing has been extensively used during the COVID-19 pandemic to design and produce protection equipment. During clinical examinations using slit lamps, ophthalmologists are at risk of being contaminated by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and the device itself is exposed to viral contamination...

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Autores principales: Delbarre, Maxime, François, Pierre-Marc, Adam, Jérémy, Caruhel, Jean-Baptiste, Froussart-Maille, Françoise, Khonsari, Roman Hossein
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. 2021
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Technical Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7682428/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.stlm.2020.100004
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Sumario:Additive manufacturing has been extensively used during the COVID-19 pandemic to design and produce protection equipment. During clinical examinations using slit lamps, ophthalmologists are at risk of being contaminated by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and the device itself is exposed to viral contamination. Several solutions have already been proposed for fixing transparent shields on the physician side. Here we propose a 3D-printed device fixed on the chin rest on the patient side, aiming at limiting viral spread both on the lamp itself and towards the physician.

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