Medical 3D printing projects are developing without a pause. Offering solutions for snoring and other respiration problems, Oventus Medical chose additive manufacturing to step ahead.
Specialist in sleep respiration problems, Australia based Oventus Medical added 3D technology to R&D process. In that sense, opening a 3D printing facility, the firm announced that it will produce 3D printed respirator O2Vent in this facility.
The O2Vent has been in development for three years with the initial prototype being printed using CSIRO’s 3D printing facility, Lab22. During this process, the device completed several clinical trials, testing its performance, durability and comfort within a human mouth.
Oventus’ signature technology supports the intake of air through the mouth. Delivering 
oxygen to the back of the mouth, the O2Vent alleviates multiple sites of obstruction including the nose, soft palate and tongue. It is estimated over one million people in Australia alone could benefit from the device, with many more suffering from sleep apnoea around the world.
Research Director of CSIRO Manufacturing, Dr Keith McLean attributes the science organisation’s unique multidisciplinary capabilities for the speedy delivery of the Oventus project.
“Combining our research team’s additive manufacturing experience with the software capabilities of CSIRO’s Data61, meant we could create a one stop in-house process for making personalised mouth pieces that are individualised for each Oventus customer,” Research Director of CSIRO Manufacturing, Dr Keith McLean said.
“Additionally, we have been able to help Oventus upscale their manufacturing process to allow large volume manufacturing of the devices at the Clayton facility.”