ArticleMaterials today. Proceedings2021
3D printing of nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 diagnose: Past and current trends.
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- Evaluation of the concordance between nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs in the detection of COVID-19.Journal of public health in Africa · 2026Article
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- The Future of Medicine: How 3D Printing Is Transforming Pharmaceuticals.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
- Effect of UV-C Radiation on 3D Printed ABS-PC Polymers.Polymers · 2023Article
- Validation of 3D-Printed Swabs for Sampling in SARS-CoV-2 Detection: A Pilot Study.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2023Article
- 3D Printing in the Fight Against Covid-19.Medical devices (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Article
- Clinical validation of 3D-printed swabs in adults and children for SARS-CoV-2 detection.Biology methods & protocols · 2023Article
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- Clinical Validation of an Alternative Specimen Collection Kit for SARS-CoV-2 Testing at Fox Chase Cancer Center.Journal of biomolecular techniques : JBT · 2022Article
- Open-Source Hardware May Address the Shortage in Medical Devices for Patients with Low-Income and Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Low-Resource Countries.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
- CFD based analysis of 3D printed nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 diagnostics.Computer methods and programs in biomedicine · 2022Article
- Computational Characterization of Mechanical, Hemodynamic, and Surface Interaction Conditions: Role of Protein Adsorption on the Regenerative Response of TEVGs.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Recent advances and applications of polymeric materials in healthcare sector and COVID-19 management.Materials today. Proceedings · 2022Article
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- On-Site, On-Demand 3D-Printed Nasopharyngeal Swabs to Improve the Access of Coronavirus Disease-19 Testing.Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ) · 2021Article
- Additive manufacturing and the COVID-19 challenges: An in-depth study.Journal of manufacturing systems · 2021Article
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Abstract
The current technological advancements in emerging 3D printing technologies are indeed propitious. To date, ground-breaking 3D printing technologies are used in automobile, aerospace, clothing, pharma, and biomedical industries by creating pre-requisite engineered and tailored end-user products reaching standard sets. 3D printing is also becoming a crucial technology in support of enhanced health care and general emergency response since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the world is facing a significant lack of medicinal supplies, manufactures are struggling to fulfill demands due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The decline in the diagnostic testing kits supply chained to increased interest in 3D printed Nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs. This article has reviewed and studied the sensitivity of the NP swabs and various NP swab designs. The process of different 3D printing technologies that are employed to address the swab shortages during COVID-19 is explained in detail. The paper ends with the conclusions drawn from the literature review.
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