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100,000 openPPE face masks to send to our healthcare and essential services workers in India in the next 30 days.

If you are a manufacturer or a supplier, please reach out to us at [email protected]

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Face Mask
Making Time = 5 mins
Easy to fold origami based face mask utilizing a HEPA filter. It filters out 96.6% of 0.3 micron particles and has only a pressure drop of 0.093 inches water column!
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openPPE Face Mask | Credit: Uttam Grandhi

[1] About the project
openPPE is a community started by researchers of NYU ITP, and MIT Media Lab. We are looking for the prototypes to be tested in hospital settings for early feedback. If you’re interested or capable of conducting further testing in hospital settings, please reach out via [email protected]
​This design is released under the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

[2] Help us develop the project?
If you are an engineer, doctor, designer, or a marketing guru.
Please fill out the contact form to request to join our WhatsApp Group.

[3] Why openPPE ?
High efficiency protective equipment like N95 masks have always been manufactured and distributed through a centralized supply chain, which has been disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Protective Personal Equipment slows the spread of the virus. The slower the spread, the more time hospitals have to prepare.

[4] Design Principles
. Sourcing from local markets.
. Should not depend on advanced additive or subtractive manufacturing equipment. High/Acceptable Efficiency Low/Mid tech. Avoid tech for tech sake.

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