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Tuesday, March 31, 2020 10:42:12 PM
Italian Engineers Turn Snorkeling Masks Into Life-Saving Ventilators
"Top Ten in deaths from Coronavirus as of 3-31
--- ---World ……………………………………………….USA
- Italy - 12,428 ------------------------------ New York ----- 1,550"
Robertas Lisickis
BoredPanda staff
While China seems to have dealt with the spread of COVID-19 within its borders, countries like Italy and the US have become the new hot spots for the coronavirus. And as the number of those infected continues to rise, so does the demand for qualified specialists and necessary equipment.
In response to this deficit, engineers at ISINNOVA have taken a genius step and teamed up with Decathlon and medical experts to convert full-face snorkeling .. https://youtu.be/w4Csqdxkrfw .. masks into masks that can be hooked up to medical breathing machines that help those infected with the COVID-19 virus.
Medical systems around the world are in crisis, and when there’s no medical equipment, people seek alternatives
Image credits: ISINNOVA ..
https://www.isinnova.it/easy-covid19-eng/
Engineers Cristian Fracassi and Alessandro Romaiol of ISINNOVA, an Italian engineering company, were approached by Dr. Renato Favero, former head physician at the Gardone Valtrompia Hospital, with an idea to help mitigate the current shortage of C-PAP masks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The masks are used by hospitals in sub-intensive therapy. The need for these masks spiked when COVID-19 reached Italy earlier this year. Since these masks are now in short supply, Dr. Favero suggested modifying readily-available scuba diver masks into masks that can be connected to a ventilating machine.
Italian engineers found a way to convert snorkeling masks into ventilation masks that hospitals desperately need
Image credits: Decathlon ..
https://www.decathlon.it/maschera-snorkeling-easybreath-id_8526111.html
Italian engineering company ISINNOVA collaborated with Decathlon and medical experts to create and test it
[img]http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ventilator-scuba-masks-conversion-coronavirus-3-5e7de23419c64__700.jpg[img]
Image credits: FabFactory ..
http://www.fabfactory.it/
It wasn’t long until Decathlon, a sporting goods retailer, was included in the project as an ideator, producer, and supplier of the Easybreath snorkeling mask. ISINNOVA quickly got a hold of the CAD designs, studied them, and made the necessary modifications, including the design and 3D printing of the Charlotte and Dave valves—the connecting part between the mask and the breathing machine tubes.
On their website .. https://www.isinnova.it/easy-covid19-eng/ , ISINNOVA wrote that the prototype was tested on one of their colleagues inside Chiari Hospital and the test was a success. The hospital itself also tested the device on a patient in need and the new modified ventilation mask passed the test with flying colors.
Blueprints were made available for free so that hospitals could make their own on demand in emergencies
Image credits: ISINNOVA ..
https://www.isinnova.it/easy-covid19-eng/
A 5-step video tutorial was also uploaded onto YouTube detailing the assembly
Continued .. https://www.boredpanda.com/ventilator-scuba-masks-conversion-coronavirus/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
"Top Ten in deaths from Coronavirus as of 3-31
--- ---World ……………………………………………….USA
- Italy - 12,428 ------------------------------ New York ----- 1,550"
Robertas Lisickis
BoredPanda staff
While China seems to have dealt with the spread of COVID-19 within its borders, countries like Italy and the US have become the new hot spots for the coronavirus. And as the number of those infected continues to rise, so does the demand for qualified specialists and necessary equipment.
In response to this deficit, engineers at ISINNOVA have taken a genius step and teamed up with Decathlon and medical experts to convert full-face snorkeling .. https://youtu.be/w4Csqdxkrfw .. masks into masks that can be hooked up to medical breathing machines that help those infected with the COVID-19 virus.
Medical systems around the world are in crisis, and when there’s no medical equipment, people seek alternatives
Image credits: ISINNOVA ..
https://www.isinnova.it/easy-covid19-eng/
Engineers Cristian Fracassi and Alessandro Romaiol of ISINNOVA, an Italian engineering company, were approached by Dr. Renato Favero, former head physician at the Gardone Valtrompia Hospital, with an idea to help mitigate the current shortage of C-PAP masks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The masks are used by hospitals in sub-intensive therapy. The need for these masks spiked when COVID-19 reached Italy earlier this year. Since these masks are now in short supply, Dr. Favero suggested modifying readily-available scuba diver masks into masks that can be connected to a ventilating machine.
Italian engineers found a way to convert snorkeling masks into ventilation masks that hospitals desperately need
Image credits: Decathlon ..
https://www.decathlon.it/maschera-snorkeling-easybreath-id_8526111.html
Italian engineering company ISINNOVA collaborated with Decathlon and medical experts to create and test it
[img]http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ventilator-scuba-masks-conversion-coronavirus-3-5e7de23419c64__700.jpg[img]
Image credits: FabFactory ..
http://www.fabfactory.it/
It wasn’t long until Decathlon, a sporting goods retailer, was included in the project as an ideator, producer, and supplier of the Easybreath snorkeling mask. ISINNOVA quickly got a hold of the CAD designs, studied them, and made the necessary modifications, including the design and 3D printing of the Charlotte and Dave valves—the connecting part between the mask and the breathing machine tubes.
On their website .. https://www.isinnova.it/easy-covid19-eng/ , ISINNOVA wrote that the prototype was tested on one of their colleagues inside Chiari Hospital and the test was a success. The hospital itself also tested the device on a patient in need and the new modified ventilation mask passed the test with flying colors.
Blueprints were made available for free so that hospitals could make their own on demand in emergencies
Image credits: ISINNOVA ..
https://www.isinnova.it/easy-covid19-eng/
A 5-step video tutorial was also uploaded onto YouTube detailing the assembly
Continued .. https://www.boredpanda.com/ventilator-scuba-masks-conversion-coronavirus/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
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