The French sportartikelenketen Decathlon, Monday night to temporarily sell stop on a certain type of snorkelmasker, since the masks could be useful for hospitals in the fight against the new corona virus.

You going to be snorkeling masks the Easybreath, the entire face is covered. According to the Decathlon stores to have the masks, as well as their use in the fight against the Covid-19. They can also serve as surgical masks, for healthcare; or they may be modified and used as the air-supplied respirator. That is why the line is temporarily shut down for the public at large. Also, anyone who is on the Belgian site of the Decathlon, the snorkeling masks to look up to, to get the message.

See also the Italian hospital used to snorkelmasker of a Decathlon in order to coronapatiënt to the safety of the Experiments use

From Italy, have been hit hard by the coronapandemie – werdvoor for the first time, with a mask of the Decathlon turned to the resuscitator.

it’s also in the Brussels erasmus hospital experimentation with the masks.The hospital was the Monday of the first prototypekleppen to duikmaskers of the Decathlon to fit on the small size respirators. That will have to help patients who have been infected with the corona virus, and that light ademhalingshulp need it.

3D-printed

from A dozen or so components, which is currently 3D printed on the premises of the free university of BRUSSELS spin-off, and Other Tools, Therapeutics, Gosselies. “We would be at the end of the week, or even earlier, if necessary, for 500 pieces, but we also have to have the approval of the european medicines agency,” says Alexander Chau, CEO Endo Tools Therapeutics. This weekend, there will be a request. The answer is in the next few days, as expected. It’s going to be a back-up of therapy, and it is not intended to be used on a long-term basis.

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