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Lara Timm from UCT Faculty of Health Sciences talks about the production of Nasopharyngeal Swabs for #COVID-19.
The Medical Devices Lab is housed in the division of Biomedical Engineering of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town. The lab, built on the principles of FrugalBiodesign™ ideated by Prof. Sudesh Sivarasu, focuses on creating appropriate and affordable health technologies for unmet clinical needs which are very unique to developing countries. The design team from the lab is involved in multi-stake holder engagement at every step of the technology innovation process to ensure the translation of these technologies into the hands of the medical practitioners and patients. This multi-award winning lab has produced number of medical technologies such as reScribe, Laxmeter, PatRig, Open- Source Ptosis Crutches, Zibipen, Easysqueezy and FlexiGyn platform.
For COVID19, the team has made a number of innovations including the UCT ViZAR – Face Sheilds, UCT PeRSo – a personal respirator, UCT EarSaver – Novel mask loops, UCT ReWield – novel resusable N95 equivalent masks, UBUNTUBOOTH- COVD19 Testing stations and UCT- OpenAir – a unique ventilator solution.
For more information contact www.bme.uct.ac.za / [email protected] / [email protected] /[email protected]
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