Liquid Three-Dimensional Printing for Constructing Premature Infants’ Cannulaide Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Using Additive Manufacturing Technology
Objectives: Nurses and specialists face serious challenges, including nasal necrosis and infection at intensive care units for premature infants. Considering that therapeutic continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is necessary for premature infants needing respiratory support, nasal masks, and p...
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| author | Kayvan Mirnia Mohammad Heidarzadeh Seyyed Amir Ghaffari Abbas HabibeLahi Abbas Abaei Kashan Seyyed Mehrdad Tabatabaei Amid Maghsoudi |
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| description | Objectives: Nurses and specialists face serious challenges, including nasal necrosis and infection at intensive care units for premature infants. Considering that therapeutic continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is necessary for premature infants needing respiratory support, nasal masks, and prongs transfer positive end-expiratory pressure. The infant’s skin is highly delicate, and such products exert pressure on the nose and make nasal necrosis, in which case premature infants may suffer from infection and loss of nasal septum. Thus, prong support (Cannulaide CPAP) is employed to reduce the pressure. Each infant should use a specific prong since infants’ noses vary in size and shape. Materials and Methods: Computer-aided design (CAD) and additive manufacturing (AM) for medical 3D printing were implemented using soft materials (silicone). Accordingly, non-plastic and soft materials were implemented for infants at the neonatal intensive care unit because silicone is a fluid that hardens gradually. Results: The setting ranges were transferred to the three-dimensional (3D) printer. Different prototypes were printed after applying these settings. Conclusions: AM rises to meet this challenge by making ergonomic products. This study addresses the innovation and production of liquid silicone prong support through AM. This prototype was tested at Al-Zahra hospital in Tabriz, Iran, and the results turned out to be satisfactory. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-07350a93e5aa41dd974570feeeedc91b2022-12-21T19:29:17ZengAras Part Medical International PressCrescent Journal of Medical and Biological Sciences2148-96962021-04-018299106cjmb-42Liquid Three-Dimensional Printing for Constructing Premature Infants’ Cannulaide Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Using Additive Manufacturing TechnologyKayvan Mirnia0Mohammad Heidarzadeh1Seyyed Amir Ghaffari2Abbas HabibeLahi3Abbas Abaei Kashan4Seyyed Mehrdad Tabatabaei5Amid Maghsoudi6Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Pediatric Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.Neonatal Health Office, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.Department of Maintenance, Civil Aviation Technology College, Tehran, Iran.Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pediatric Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran.Objectives: Nurses and specialists face serious challenges, including nasal necrosis and infection at intensive care units for premature infants. Considering that therapeutic continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is necessary for premature infants needing respiratory support, nasal masks, and prongs transfer positive end-expiratory pressure. The infant’s skin is highly delicate, and such products exert pressure on the nose and make nasal necrosis, in which case premature infants may suffer from infection and loss of nasal septum. Thus, prong support (Cannulaide CPAP) is employed to reduce the pressure. Each infant should use a specific prong since infants’ noses vary in size and shape. Materials and Methods: Computer-aided design (CAD) and additive manufacturing (AM) for medical 3D printing were implemented using soft materials (silicone). Accordingly, non-plastic and soft materials were implemented for infants at the neonatal intensive care unit because silicone is a fluid that hardens gradually. Results: The setting ranges were transferred to the three-dimensional (3D) printer. Different prototypes were printed after applying these settings. Conclusions: AM rises to meet this challenge by making ergonomic products. This study addresses the innovation and production of liquid silicone prong support through AM. This prototype was tested at Al-Zahra hospital in Tabriz, Iran, and the results turned out to be satisfactory.http://www.cjmb.org/pdf.php?id=484additive manufacturing3d silicone printinginfants prematurecontinuous positive airway pressure |
| spellingShingle | Kayvan Mirnia Mohammad Heidarzadeh Seyyed Amir Ghaffari Abbas HabibeLahi Abbas Abaei Kashan Seyyed Mehrdad Tabatabaei Amid Maghsoudi Liquid Three-Dimensional Printing for Constructing Premature Infants’ Cannulaide Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Using Additive Manufacturing Technology Crescent Journal of Medical and Biological Sciences additive manufacturing 3d silicone printing infants premature continuous positive airway pressure |
| title | Liquid Three-Dimensional Printing for Constructing Premature Infants’ Cannulaide Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Using Additive Manufacturing Technology |
| title_full | Liquid Three-Dimensional Printing for Constructing Premature Infants’ Cannulaide Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Using Additive Manufacturing Technology |
| title_fullStr | Liquid Three-Dimensional Printing for Constructing Premature Infants’ Cannulaide Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Using Additive Manufacturing Technology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Liquid Three-Dimensional Printing for Constructing Premature Infants’ Cannulaide Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Using Additive Manufacturing Technology |
| title_short | Liquid Three-Dimensional Printing for Constructing Premature Infants’ Cannulaide Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Using Additive Manufacturing Technology |
| title_sort | liquid three dimensional printing for constructing premature infants cannulaide continuous positive airway pressure using additive manufacturing technology |
| topic | additive manufacturing 3d silicone printing infants premature continuous positive airway pressure |
| url | http://www.cjmb.org/pdf.php?id=484 |
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