Virtual Town Hall - 3D Printed Swabs

US Food and Drug Administration

National Institutes of Health

Department of Veterans Affairs

May 15, 2020
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COVID-19 Supply Chain Response Partnership

FDA Virtual Town Hall: 

May 15, 2020

Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch

O ffice of Cyber Infrastructure and Com putational B iology

O ffice of Science Managem ent and O perations, O ffice of the Director

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Phil Cruz, Ph.D.

Com putational and Structural B iologist

NIH 3D Print Exchange
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Contractor, Medical Science and Computing, Inc.
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SARS-CoV-2 virion modeled on cryoelectron microscopy data. A. Athman, K. Browne, and P. Cruz (NIH/NIAID) 3DPX-013323

Visible Human Male Skull. K. Browne (NIH/NIAID) 3DPX-012260

Centrifugal Compressor by user sjwentwo 3DPX-012426

https://3Dprint.nih.gov

https://3dprint.nih.gov/niaid/sars-cov-2
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https://3Dprint.nih.gov/collections/covid-19-response

https://3dprint.nih.gov/discover/3dpx-014168

https://3dprint.nih.gov/builds/bdsearle/3dverkstan-headband-face-shield

https://3dprint.nih.gov/discover/3dpx-013306
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COVID-19 Response

Collection Page

https://3dprint.nih.gov/collections/covid-19-response
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Usage analytics and published design counts up to date as of May 13, 2020

420,000+ unique site visitors since MOU announcement

1,390% increase from previous period (2/10/20 – 3/26/20)

200,000+ views of collection home page | 1 million+ total views of designs in the collection

524 published designs | Builds: 130+
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https://3dprint.nih.gov/collections/covid -19-response/nasal -swabs

Current thinking on clinical considerations for swabs, on the site
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Acknowledgements

This project has been funded in part with Federal funds from the National Institute of Allergy and 

Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, under the NIAID BCBB Support Services 

Contract HHSN316201300006W/HHSN27200002. Mention of trade names, commercial products, 

or organizations does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

James Coburn, FDA

Phil Cruz, NIH/NIAID

Matthew DiPrima, FDA

Meghan McCarthy, NIH/NIAID

Brandon Ribic, America Makes

Beth Ripley, VA

Joe Veranese, America Makes

John Wilczynski, America Makes

Thank you to the designers, 

manufacturers, and users for your 

contributions to the website

and

the NIH 3D Print Exchange 

development team at NIH/NIAID
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Questions and feedback can be 

directed to 3Dprint@nih.gov
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Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Innovation Ecosystem

• https://www.va.gov/INNOVATIONECOSYSTEM/3d-print-covid19.html

National Institutes of Health (NIH) 3D Print Exchange

• https://3dprint.nih.gov/

FDA-NIH-VA MoU on 3D printing and additive manufacturing

• https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid- 19/fda-efforts-connect-manufacturers-and-health-care-entities-fda-department-veterans-affairs- national

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