Carolina student uses 3D printers to enhance PPE
Posted May 29, 2020
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, second-year physician assistant studies student Alec Fields, a veteran and fleet Marine force hospital corpsman, began to use his 3D printer to create brackets for personal protective equipment for health care providers in eastern North Carolina. Fields said he has heard that providers have appreciated the brackets.
(UNC.edu)
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