To help in the fight against the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research-Guwahati has developed two products, 3D-printed hands-free object & 3D-printed antimicrobial face-shield.
The devices are expected to play a key role in containing the transmission of coronavirus from one person to another through bare hand contacts or contaminated surface source.
The 3D-printed hands-free object can be used to help open or close doors, windows, drawers, and refrigerator handle, or press elevator buttons, and laptop/desktop keyboards, including turning the switch buttons on/off.
The object was developed after detailed analyses of several resources for risk measurement and on how viruses spread through bare hands.
The second product is a 3D-printed antimicrobial face-shield to control the spread COVID-19. It was designed after a thorough study to understand how viruses spread through oral, ophthalmic, olfactory, and other body cavities.
The face shield is also easy to design and it is possible to have rapid development of prototypes. It is also low cost, easy to wear, has good chemical stability, non-fragile, and is easy to clean with the existing sanitizers or any alcoholic disinfectant.
