Items adapted for coronavirus patients
Discover Diving, which has been collecting full-face snorkel masks to be adaptated for coronavirus patients, says a successful trial of them was run at Noble's Hospital on Monday.
An update from the company says the system works well to deliver oxygen at high level to the wearer, with minimal carbon dioxide retention, and the exhaust gases filtered to remove viral particles.
Discover Diving says it currently has more than 100 masks ready to go, so won't be picking up any more for now - you are, however, asked to hang on to any you've collected, just in case they're needed in future.
It's thanking all the Manx engineering firms who pulled out the stops to get the design of the adaptor right and get them made.
In addition, a second version of the adaptor is being developed, to increase the number of brands of mask which can be used.
The hope is the printing files will be released soon.
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