Reusable-N95-Respirator

An open-source, reusable N95 respirator that can be manufactured at scale in small community or hospital-based facilities, using 3D printing, silicone casting and standard HME filters. Developed at the Lynn & Arnold Irwin Advanced Perioperative Imaging Lab, Toronto General Hospital.

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Reusable N95 Respirator

An open-source, reusable N95 respirator that can be manufactured at scale in small community or hospital-based facilities, using 3D printing, silicone casting and standard HME filters.

Developed at the Lynn & Arnold Irwin Advanced Perioperative Imaging Lab, Toronto General Hospital.

DISCLAIMER

This is an INVESTIGATIONAL MEDICAL DEVICE being evaluated for use in hospital setting during extreme crisis leading to N95 shortages.

It has not been approved by any regulatory body.

Its use is not endorsed by any institution or professional body, including the ones where it was developed and tested.

We have made every effort to make the system as safe as possible and to provide documentation and educational materials for its use, should it be necessary, in order to minimize the very significant risks of iatrogenic harm.

It is posted here in order to facilitate rapid knowledge sharing and research on strategies for addressing the global ventilator shortages.

Any of use of this device is done purely at your own risk and liability. The developers and associated institutions do not accept any liability for its use.

Publications & Media

  1. Anwari V, Ng WCK, Mbadjeu Hondjeu AR, Xiao Z, Afenu E, Trac J, Kazlovich K, Hiansen J, Mashari A. Development, manufacturing, and preliminary validation of a reusable half-face respirator during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS One. 2021;16(3):e0247575.
  2. Ng WCK, Hondjeu ARM, Syrett A, Caragata R, Rozenberg D, Xiao Z, Anwari V, Trac J, Mashari A. Subject validation of reusable N95 stop-gap filtering facepiece respirators in COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS ONE. 2020 Nov 13;15(11):e0242304.
  3. OCI VIP Funding Reusable N95 Respirator Report in Collaboration with TME Inc. 2021-2022