Responding to the Need, Supporting our Community
N95 respirators, which protect wearers from coronavirus-containing particles, are in short supply for front-line healthcare workers and first responders. In addition, they are needed by clinicians treating non-COVID-19 patients, to help shield them from undiagnosed cases.
To address the growing shortage of protective masks, ESSI collaborated with the Institute for Engineering in Medicine (IEM) and researchers at the University of Minnesota to design, prototyle, and test face masks. These masks, MNmasks, can be easily produced and used during the pandemic to help protect our frontline healthcare workers in crisis situations should N95 respirators not be available.
Learn more at: iem.umn.edu/medical-devices-ppe-masks
