Curved-crease origami face shields for infection control

Autor: Tom Bashford, M. Wesam Al Asali, Michael H. Ramage, Joseph M. Gattas, Antiopi Koronaki, Josh Newman, Ana Gatóo, Darshil U. Shah, Ting-Uei Lee, Aftab Jalia, Daniel Ott, Aurimas Bukauskas
Přispěvatelé: Bukauskas, Aurimas [0000-0002-5763-6734], Koronaki, Antiopi [0000-0002-7125-6965], Newman, Josh [0000-0002-3104-2719], Gattas, Joseph M [0000-0002-0878-583X], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Gattas, Joseph M. [0000-0002-0878-583X]
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Face shield
Viral Diseases
business.product_category
Sanitization
Epidemiology
Computer science
Engineering and technology
Medical Conditions
0302 clinical medicine
Public and Occupational Health
030212 general & internal medicine
Materials
Decontamination
Multidisciplinary
Foams
030210 environmental & occupational health
Manufacturing engineering
Variety (cybernetics)
Physical sciences
Infectious Diseases
Optical Equipment
Photogrammetry
Medicine
Safety Equipment
Safety
Anatomy
Research Article
Infectious Disease Control
Science
Materials Science
Equipment
FOS: Physical sciences
Context (language use)
03 medical and health sciences
Imaging
Three-Dimensional
Component (UML)
Humans
Forehead
Pandemics
Personal protective equipment
Personal Protective Equipment
Medicine and health sciences
Biology and life sciences
SARS-CoV-2
Lasers
COVID-19
Covid 19
FOS: Engineering and technology
Health Care
Face
Face (geometry)
Preventive Medicine
business
Head
Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 2, p e0245737 (2021)
PLoS ONE
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: The COVID-19 pandemic has created enormous global demand for personal protective equipment (PPE). Face shields are an important component of PPE for front-line workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing protection of the face from splashes and sprays of virus-containing fluids. Existing face shield designs and manufacturing procedures may not allow for production and distribution of face shields in sufficient volume to meet global demand, particularly in Low and Middle-Income countries. This paper presents a simple, fast, and cost-effective curved-crease origami technique for transforming flat sheets of flexible plastic material into face shields for infection control. It is further shown that the design could be produced using a variety of manufacturing methods, ranging from manual techniques to high-volume die-cutting and creasing. This demonstrates the potential for the design to be applied in a variety of contexts depending on available materials, manufacturing capabilities and labour. An easily implemented and flexible physical-digital parametric design methodology for rapidly exploring and refining variations on the design is presented, potentially allowing others to adapt the design to accommodate a wide range of ergonomic and protection requirements.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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