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9 lip 2020 · The MIT/Brigham and Women’s Hospital team set out to design a mask that could be safely sterilized and reused many times. They decided on silicone rubber—the material that goes into silicone baking sheets, among other products—because it is so durable.
25 sie 2022 · But a recent study published in PLOS ONE demonstrates that a simple modification to a surgical mask using rubber bands can improve its protective seal against particle exposure to the level of an N95 respirator.
24 sie 2022 · Rubber bands, a low-cost and easily-accessible modification, can improve the seal and protective ability of a standard surgical mask to the level of an N95 respirator. This could mitigate N95 respirator shortages worldwide and provide individuals in under-resourced regions a practical means for incr ….
17 mar 2021 · We describe the development, manufacturing process and initial performance evaluation of a reusable N95 respirator, referred to as SSM (“Simple Silicone Mask”) hereafter, that can be manufactured on-site, using distributed manufacturing technologies.
3 lut 2021 · From double-masking to getting a tighter seal, these suggestions and simple at-home hacks can make your mask a better barrier against the surging delta variant.
29 maj 2020 · in response to the global shortage of N95 masks, former apple employees sabrina paseman and megan duong established an open source project to seal surgical masks. using a piece of rubber...
9 lip 2020 · Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have designed a new silicone rubber face mask that they believe could stop viral particles as effectively as N95 masks. Unlike N95 masks, the new masks can be easily sterilized and used many times.
