An Open-access and Inexpensive 3D Printed Otoscope for Low-resource Settings and Health Crises

Overview

Journal 3D Print Med

Publisher Biomed Central

Date 2021 Nov 17

PMID 34787772

Citations 3

Authors

Matteo Capobussi

Lorenzo Moja

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Abstract

Limited access to key diagnostic tools is detrimental to priority health needs of populations. Ear pain, tenderness, itching, and different degree of hearing loss are common problems which require otoscopy as first diagnostic assessment. Where an otoscope is not available because of budget constraints, a self-fabricated low-cost otoscope might represent a feasible opportunity. In this paper, we share the design and construction process of an open-source, 3D printed, otoscope. The prototype was compared to a commercial solution, demonstrating similar overall quality between the instruments.

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