Full face masks for COVID-19 therapy

[Barracuda22]

This has made US news. Hopefully it will get into the right hands.


Italian hospital says it's turning scuba masks into ventilators as supplies run low

 

[Angelo Farina]

This has made US news. Hopefully it will get into the right hands.


Italian hospital says it's turning scuba masks into ventilators as supplies run low

The good news is that, after the system did proof effective, Decathlon provided 10,000 masks for free to Italian hospitals:
Decathlon regala 10mila maschere da snorkeling alle regioni
and a number of 3D printing shops did organize for manufacturing the Charlotte valve, the interface between the mask and the hospital's oxygen circuit.

 

[pointy]

Hello Angelo,
Some people have also wondered if these masks could be modified for use as protective equipment to be worn by healthcare workers. Has anyone printed a simple adapter to connect an anaesthesia filter to the mask's snorkel inlet?

 

[Umuntu]

Hello Angelo,
Some people have also wondered if these masks could be modified for use as protective equipment to be worn by healthcare workers. Has anyone printed a simple adapter to connect an anaesthesia filter to the mask's snorkel inlet?

There have been a number of initiatives along these lines, in addition to the excellent Italian invention. The first article below discusses what you ask

Amid shortage of masks, these innovators are creating alternatives

European researchers retrofit snorkel masks for coronavirus fight

 

[JustSurfaceInterval]

Just found this from Mares: Sea Vu Dry + masks converted for CPAP ventilator use during Covid-19

 

[Must_dash]

I was

The good news is that, after the system did proof effective, Decathlon provided 10,000 masks for free to Italian hospitals:
Decathlon regala 10mila maschere da snorkeling alle regioni
and a number of 3D printing shops did organize for manufacturing the Charlotte valve, the interface between the mask and the hospital's oxygen circuit.

I was about to post that as well. Saw it on their website a few days ago when ordering.

 

[Popgun Pete]

Masks in action.

 

[Angelo Farina]

AND it frees up a Ferrari ventilator for someone who really needs it...

Actually Ferrari is employing their 3D-printing powerful machines for manufacturing the valves required for Mares full-face snorkeling masks:
Ferrari continues its efforts to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.