Put that 3D printer in your airplane shop to good use for medical personnel

[dreed]

BTW- anyone willing possibly sketch up a Notre Dame (ND) and possibly University of North Carolina (UNC) one for me? Two of my really good doc friends are graduates of those two respective schools (one at OHSU and one at the VA here locally)

Thanks in advance if this is possible. I can print, but am clueless when it comes to drawing anything up to print.

[climberrn]

OMG! you guys are awesome. My wife and I are starting work at an emergency state run hospital in Los Angeles in a few hours. Those masks kill my ears. We would be grateful for a couple of these!!!

We get our badges and start a quick orientation in the morning. The hospital is opening tomorrow to take the load off the local LA hospitals. If available, I?m sure many of our co workers would be grateful for one also. We are staying in a hotel so I?ll check with them tomorrow if they will accept mail for us!

The paper ones would not be as good since they are very difficult to disinfect. After going in a room, we need to wipe our face shield down and the mask holder also for use in the next room.

My personal email is my username at mac dot com.

[climberrn]

After thinking about it, flexible is better. Although I haven?t tried the holders I doubt the extra clips would be of any use. The masks fit pretty tight already, and anything tighter than the clips just behind the ears would be too much.

All the N95 masks have the straps that go all the way around, so these would only work for the surgical masks. Many of the hospitals are issuing 1 N95 for a 40 hour week and wearing an ADDITIONAL surgical mask over the top for each patient. I?ll find out about this hospitals policy tomorrow and report back. Would be happy to review and help with design inputs.

We have heard from many friends nationwide and the surgical masks are the norm, even though they provide us minimal protection. Just not enough N95?s to go around. We brought a couple for ourselves just in case!

[BobbyLucas]

Originally Posted by dreed

BTW- anyone willing possibly sketch up a Notre Dame (ND) and possibly University of North Carolina (UNC) one for me? Two of my really good doc friends are graduates of those two respective schools (one at OHSU and one at the VA here locally)

Thanks in advance if this is possible. I can print, but am clueless when it comes to drawing anything up to print.

I'm on it!

[BobbyLucas]

How's this?

[BobbyLucas]

And UNC...

[philip_g]

Originally Posted by climberrn

OMG! you guys are awesome. My wife and I are starting work at an emergency state run hospital in Los Angeles in a few hours. Those masks kill my ears. We would be grateful for a couple of these!!!

We get our badges and start a quick orientation in the morning. The hospital is opening tomorrow to take the load off the local LA hospitals. If available, I’m sure many of our co workers would be grateful for one also. We are staying in a hotel so I’ll check with them tomorrow if they will accept mail for us!

The paper ones would not be as good since they are very difficult to disinfect. After going in a room, we need to wipe our face shield down and the mask holder also for use in the next room.

My personal email is my username at mac dot com.

If you don't get sorted out by tomorrow when I'm up and running I'll send you some USPS overnight

[dreed]

Awesome!!!! thank you very much Bobby !!!!!

[BobbyLucas]

Originally Posted by dreed

Awesome!!!! thank you very much Bobby !!!!!

You're welcome. Running a test print and then I can post the stls.

[dreed]

Bobby- Sorry! I can't seem to figure out how to get that to a printable file (I did say I was clueless on the design) .

Do you have the .stl files or mind shooting me that so I can toss it in a slicer?

Thanks again!!!!
dan