Facing the shortage of protective equipment for health care personnel during the current fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of TUC members are collaborating on the design and production of a 3D printed protective face shield, called Thorax_TUC.
The Thorax_TUC face shield was designed as a personal protective and auxiliary equipment for professionals of Health Care Units. It has an ergonomic and simple design, consisting of just 4 components; it is also low-budget and easy to construct using the 3D printing method. The design of the Thorax_TUC face shield is open-source and the CAD files, ready for printing, may be found at a public repository.
Since April 7, 2020, TUC has produced and donated more than 350 Thorax_TUC face shields to several health care units in Greece:
- Chania General Hospital
- Athens Naval Hospital
- Crete Naval Hospital
- Venizeleio General Hospital
- National Center for Emergency Care (Chania Branch)
- Medical Association of Chania
- Municipality of Chania
- Municipality of Rethymnon
- Crete Prefecture/Regional Unit of Chania
- IASIS - Gavrilakis SA General Clinic
The production of Thorax_TUC is a joint effort by the following TUC research units:
- Professor Nikolaos Tsourveloudis,Coordinator of the Thorax_TUC Team, Dean of the School of Production Engineering and Management
- Theodore Stefanoulis
- Nikolaos Samaras
- Professor Nikolaos Bilalis, Director of the Laboratory
- Pavlos Koulouridakis
- Georgia-Roubini Iordanidou
The Digital Fabrication Laboratory
- Assistant Professor Alexandros Vazakas, Director of the Laboratory
- Haralabos Doulaverakis
Τhe Energy Management in the Built Environment Research Lab
- Constantinos Gobakis
