BDN reports on UMaine’s role in developing shields for doctors amid coronavirus reported
The Bangor Daily News reported on the University of Maine Office of Innovation and Economic Development assisting in developing protective gear for health care workers as they deal with a shortage amid the coronavirus outbreak. The office has been working with Dr. Jonnathan Busko and his colleagues at St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor to create a more refined, ready-made version of Busko’s intubation shields, which can be used to protect doctors from pathogens patients could expel when receiving breathing tubes. The office has been developing a similar shield for Maine Medical Center in Portland. “We’re building prototypes and letting them test them, then making modifications,” said Jake Ward, vice president for innovation and economic development at UMaine. “There is a manufacturer that is in the wings ready to make them.”