Category: COVID19

These posts summarise the work we’ve been doing to help fight the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The Upcycled USB

Posted Ric RealLeave a commentPosted in PCA Toolkit

A simple adapter has been developed, that can be rapdily printed using FFF and SLA technologies, to allow someone to use a USB stick to open doors and operate simple mechaisms and break transmission paths of COVID-19.
The simple design, that takes less than 15 minutes to print on our standard 3D printers costs just £0.04 and can take advantage of the old USB sticks people have at home and in the workplace. If the USBs available also have a retracting head, or a cover for the interface, the contact patch can be sealed from the user when not in use.

Clean Access Challenge 1: A Toolkit for Queen’s Building

Posted Chris SniderLeave a commentPosted in Clean Access Challenge

University buildings (like many other buildings throughout our cities) have many hundreds of users every day, all needing to move through and access a variety of different spaces, each with their own locks and access controls. In a world of social distancing, we need to think about how people move through buildings and access spaces efficiently, while preventing bottlenecks, minimising transmission risks, and still allowing important security and access controls to stay in place.

Rapid Manufacturing: open-source prototype low cost emergency ventilator

Posted Ric RealLeave a commentPosted in PCA Toolkit

In recent weeks the fight against Covid-19 has seen both an exponential demand for key medical equipment and an array of restrictions imposed on global manufacturing and supply chains, resulting in a debilitating shortage of necessary healthcare provisions; inhibiting the capacity of health services to treat patients with potentially catastrophic consequences. The scale of this […]

MHRA Requirements Document

Posted Harry FeltonLeave a commentPosted in COVID19

We have put together a document summarising the MHRA minimum useful specification for an emergency ventilator. This is considered the minimum required level of machine that would be useful to the NHS. The original specification can be found here. The PDS style requirements document can be found here. Access has been opened up so you […]