Light Weight Face Visor (PPE); for use by front line services dealing with Covid-19

新冠肺炎大流行导致英国迫切需要增加个人防护装备（PPE）的供应。医院、全科医生、救护车服务、护理院、监狱和其他公共部门服务的一线工作人员迫切需要更多的个人防护装备。在20年4月11日的新冠肺炎每日电视简报会上，政府卫生大臣马特·汉考克直接呼吁所有英国工业生产个人防护装备，即使这是他们以前没有使用过的产品。该项目是对这一呼吁的回应，为所需个人防护装备的一种元素开辟了一个新的供应领域，从而使抗击病毒的一线工作人员能够获得所需的保护。该项目汇集了四家老牌英国公司，提供创新的设计、开发、制造和供应面罩，以提供眼睛保护，这是PPE套装的关键元素。设计咨询公司Taylor Garfit Ltd开发了一种使用创新材料而不是塑料的遮阳板概念。因此，它可以利用迄今为止尚未生产个人防护装备的英国成熟制造业进行大规模生产。该项目将通过补充现有的面罩生产来源来支持日益增长的需求。四家公司已经同意合作开发和生产这种遮阳板。拟议中的供应链的一个显著优势是，它完全以英国为基地；虽然目前许多访客都来自海外，但随着全球需求的增加，产品供应和交货时间长也存在相应的问题。影响支助的延长将在三个关键领域提供急需的援助：通过进一步发展我们的营销策略，使面罩商业化。3.面罩的临床试验。进一步的产品修改，如果需要作为临床试验和用户反馈的结果。

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a desperate requirement to increase the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the UK. Frontline staff in hospitals, GPs, the ambulance service, care homes, prisons and other public sector services are crying out for more PPE.In the Covid-19 daily TV briefing session of 11/04/20, Government Health Secretary, Matt Hancock made a direct appeal to all UK industry to produce PPE, even if this is a product in which they had no previous experience.This project is a response to that appeal by opening a new area of supply for one element of the required PPE, so that frontline staff fighting the virus can be given the protection they need.The project brings together four established UK companies to provide innovation in the design, development, manufacture and supply of a face-visor to give eye protection, which is a critical element of the PPE set.The design consultancy Taylor Garfit Ltd has developed a concept for a visor which uses innovative materials rather than plastic. Thus allowing it to be mass-produced using an established UK manufacturing sector that has hitherto not produced PPE. The project will support increased demand by supplementing existing sources of face visor production.Four companies have agreed to cooperate in the development and production of this visor. A significant advantage of the proposed supply chain is that it is entirely UK based; whilst many of the current visors are sourced from overseas, with commensurate problems in product availability and long lead-times, as global demand escalates.The extension for impact support will provide much-needed assistance in three key areas: 1. The commercialisation of the face visor through further development of our marketing strategy2. Clinical testing of the face visor.3. Further product modifications, if required as a result of the clinical testing and user feedback.