Building resilience and strenghtening medical capacity are extremely important elements in our overal efforts to overcome the current crisis. Further you can find a short sample of the successful Czech subjects that are trying to contribute by their knowledge and products to fight the COVID-19:

• Czech 3D printing company based in Prague Prusa based in Prague developed and started production of 3D-printed protective face shields suitable for doctors. They have already printed and donated thousands shields to medics and other professionals in the Czech Republic. Now they make the design of the shields fully open-source so that anyone can produce it or modify it. Also, the shields are made from easily accessible and inexpensive materials.

 

• The Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics CTU developered a protective half-mask with an exchangeable P3 filter that meets the highest degree of protection. The set consists of the body of the mask printed on special 3D printers and an external filter. To fight COVID-19 they provide the license for free. The half-mask can be 3D printed with the MJF technolog and can be reused thanks to proven sterilization and disinfection procedures.

 

• The Faculty of Biomedical Engineering of the Czech Technical University has released a scheme and technical description of the CoroVent ventilator accompanied by the corresponding Corovent temporary open licence. The CoroVent is an emergency mechanical lung ventilator for patients with respiratory failure due to Covid-19 disease.