Springer Emerging Applications of 3D Printing During CoVID 19 Pandemic (Lecture Notes in Bioengineering)

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. From the Back Cover 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. About the Author Kamalpreet Sandhu is an Assistant Professor in the Product and Industrial Design department at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, INDIA. His primary focus is on the design and development of footwear products and injuries prevention. He was done different projects in Podiatric Medicine at the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, DRDO, Delhi, i.e., Design and developed a new kind of orthosis for social needs and work resulted in a publication “Effect of Shod Walking on Plantar Pressure with Varying Insole”. His area of research is Design Thinking, 3D printing and Ergonomics for Podiatric Medicine. He is also the editor of various books: Sustainability for 3D Printing, Revolutions in Product Design for Healthcare, Food Printing: 3D printing in Food Sector and 3D printing in Podiatric Medicine. He is also acting as an Editorial Review board member for the International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction (IJTHI), Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal (ASTESJ) and also a review editor for Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology section “Additive Processes”. He has established a research collaboration with Prof. Karupppasamy Subburaj at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), SINGAPORE on Medical Device Design and Biomechanics. Sunpreet Singh is researcher in NUS Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI). He has received Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, India. His area of research is additive manufacturing and application of 3D printing for development of new biomaterials for clinical applications. He has contributed extensively in additive manufacturing literature with publications appearing in Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Composite Part: B, Rapid Prototyping Jour