Covid-19

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• Caregiver creates an open source blog to design a Pandemic Ventilator

  Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-03-25 16:36

  

  The Pandemic Ventilator was built to be used as a ventilator of last resort during a possible avian flu pandemic. The inventor was motivated by the idea of someone he loves needing a ventilator in a moment of crisis. The ventilator is very primitive and ...

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• Startup launches wearable devices to help monitor proximity between coworkers

  Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-04-29 12:17

  

  Startup company Estimote has developed a new line of wearable devices, designed to monitor the proximity and contact level between employees at their workplace. These devices are meant to be an addition to social distancing measures and help control the ...

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• NASA develops vibrating necklace to help people avoid touching their faces

  Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-07-02 18:32

  

  A small team of three, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, has developed a pendant designed to help people avoid touching their face. This invention was created amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, following the World Health Organization’s recommendation that people ...

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• Movement provides tablets for hospitalized patients to communicate with their families

  Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-27 18:14

  

  To combat the isolation of hospitalized patients, unable to receive visitors during the Covid-19 pandemic, a movement in Portugal was created to provide the patients with a means of communicating with their loved-ones. The movement aims to donate 2500 ...

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• Inventor creates solar-powered hand washing sink

  Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-19 10:14

  

  To help his country fight the Covid-19 pandemic, inventor Richard Aning created a solar-powered handwashing sink. This invention was created to allow people, even those living in remote location, to wash their hands and help control the spread of the new ...

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• Student creates hands-free doorbell to help the fight against Covid-19

  Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-16 10:16

  

  High School student Sarthak Jain created a doorbell that doesn’t require touch, as a way to do his part in the fight against Covid-19. "Amidst the pandemic I see everyone wearing masks even while at home. This compelled me to contemplate on all ...

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• Researchers create drones to disinfect public spaces

  Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-08 20:16

  

  A team of researchers from the Health Innovation via Engineering lab, at NUI Galway, have created an autonomous drone that uses ultraviolet light to strerilize surfaces. It is called the UVCDrone and was developed after the first surge of COVID-19 in ...

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• University develops mobile decontamination unit for face masks

  Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-16 10:36

  

  During the Covid-19 pandemic, many healthcare facilities all over the world were experiencing shortages of protective equipment necessary to deal with infected patients. In order to help solve this problem, a team of researchers from the Louisiana State ...

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• Students develop smart dustbin for contactless waste disposal

  Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-04 18:42

  

  A team of students at Lovely Professional University developed a contactless dustbin for healthcare services called “Ally”. The motivation to develop this device was the create specialized equipment to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in ...

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• Friends create smartband that vibrates to reduce face touching

  Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-04-14 15:23

  

  Immutouch is a wearable smartband that vibrates every time the users touch their face, with the aim of keeping people safe during the Covid-19 pandemic and also create safe habits for the future. The device was created by two brothers, Matthew and Joseph ...

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