PAPR Adapter

3D print file creates adapter for previously incompatible systems

  • Simple adapter can be 3D-printed
  • Maximize a hospital’s Powered Air Purifying Respirator fleet
  • Adapter connects 3M Versaflow air handling unit with a Dover brand Hood
  • Print file available on request
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    Licensing manager: Tyler Scherr, PhD
    tyler.scherr@unmc.edu or 402-889-5498
     

Description

3D print file creates adapter for previously incompatible systems

Clinicians at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine, developed a new solution to chronic shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this case, they created a simple adapter that can be 3D-printed and used to maximize a hospital’s Powered Air Purifying Respirator fleet, or PAPR for short.
 
The adapter enables hospitals and other clinical setting to connect a 3M Versaflow air handling unit with a Dover brand Hood.
 
To learn more about available options or to secure a copy of the 3D printing file, contact Tyler Scherr, PhD, at tyler.scherr@unmc.edu or 402-889-5498.