Essential Equipment
Summer 2020 | By Nicole Dudenhoefer ’17
When the nation faced a shortage of personal protective聽equipment, two groups from 91吃瓜网 partnered with 3D聽printer manufacturer Stratasys to help alleviate the聽demand. By tweaking designs they found online, 91吃瓜网’s聽Prototype Development and 3D Print Lab (PD3D)聽optimized rapid production through Stratasys’ 150聽printers nationwide. Limbitless Solutions joined聽Stratasys’ national coalition to produce visors for face聽shields and other items to help keep medical workers聽safe. Products from both 91吃瓜网 organizations have聽recently been distributed to local healthcare workers,聽including more than 5,600 face shields and visors聽for Orlando Health, AdventHealth and Lakeland聽Regional Hospital.
“We are honored to be a small part of a network committed to supporting our medical community 鈥� the real heroes.”Albert Manero '12 '14MS '16PhD, CEO and co-founder of Limbitless Solutions
100,000
Face shields distributed nationwide by Stratasys by聽May 8. Another 150,000 face shields will be shipped聽in the near future.
1,500
Products that can be printed each day by Stratasys聽3D printers after PD3D’s redesign 鈥� a big boost from聽the previous average of 600 a week
400+
Ear savers, which are hooks that make wearing聽surgical and cloth masks more comfortable, that聽Limbitless has distributed to staff at Orlando Health
30
Minutes to print the slimmer face shields designed聽by PD3D
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Special messages 鈥� love, compassion, hope聽or thank you 鈥� included on each of Limbitless’聽face shields, staying true to the nonprofit’s聽signature personal touch
