Do-It-Yourself Medical Devices & Protective Gear Fuel Battle Against COVID-19
The race is on to improvise ventilators, face shields, respirators, surgical gowns, disinfectant wipes and other health care gear to help the hundreds of thousands of people expected to swamp hospitals with waves of critical COVID-19 illness over the next several weeks.
Using 3D printed parts, plastic-lined tablecloths intended for birthday parties, laser-cut gears and similar substitutions, a research team from the Georgia Institute of Technology and other universities across two continents is racing to develop “do-it-yourself” health care gear that can be assembled where it’s needed from components available locally. Team members figure they have about two weeks to get the designs right and share them with anyone who can help with the needs.
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