Modification of Stryker T5TM and Stryker Flyte® Personal Protection Surgical Helmets to Function as Powered Air-Purifying Respirators

Authors

Patrick Atkinson, Kettering UniversityFollow
Gul R. Sachwani-Daswani
Robert S. Haake
Leo Mercer

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1-2020

Publication Title

Surgical Innovation

Abstract

Since the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) outbreak, health-care workers (HCWs) have had to create personal protective equipment (PPE) due to the worldwide demand and thus ensuing shortage. To address the dearth of available PPE, HCWs have quickly explored options to repurpose in-hospital equipment to provide alternative PPE to caregivers. We report the modification of a Stryker T5TM and Stryker Flyte® personal protection surgical helmets as a powered air-purifying respirator.

Volume

28

Issue

4

First Page

465

Last Page

472

DOI

10.1177/1553350620967246

ISSN

Print: 1553-3506, Electronic: 1553-3514

Rights

© The Author(s) 2020

Recommended Citation

Atkinson, Patrick; Sachwani-Daswani, Gul R.; Haake, Robert S.; and Mercer, Leo, "Modification of Stryker T5TM and Stryker Flyte® Personal Protection Surgical Helmets to Function as Powered Air-Purifying Respirators" (2020). Mechanical Engineering Publications. 217.
https://digitalcommons.kettering.edu/mech_eng_facultypubs/217