A personal, portable, air sterilisation respirator

迫切需要帮助公众恢复某种形式的正常生活。在解除封锁和获得大规模免疫接种疫苗之间，平衡经济和卫生需求是必要的。在对这种病毒知之甚少的情况下，安全、负责任地做到这一点是很困难的。在一段未知但很长时间内做到这一点就更难了。这个为期6个月的项目将确认可重复使用的、个人的、便携式空气消毒呼吸器的关键要求。这项工作将确认一个500毫升水瓶大小的设备的参数，在充电前使用几个小时。通过为个人使用而设计，它适用于整个社会和所有工业部门。洗手、不接触脸、不握手和表面清洁的需求将保持不变。呼吸器将由一个连接到消毒器单元和电源组的合适口罩组成。该装置是便携式的，因为只需要对有限体积的空气进行消毒。这项工作将使一个单独支持的项目在几个月内向公众提供产品。大规模生产的\[smaller, cheaper but still as effective\]口罩可能很快就会上市。我们的愿景是生产一种安全且易于使用的消费产品。消毒口罩和单元预计将使用现成的设备和熟悉的过程，类似于消毒婴儿奶瓶，即浸泡在消毒溶液中。一旦确立了这个概念，就可以针对不同的用途产生不同的版本。如果在工作场所使用，医疗工作者可能需要与公共交通工作者不同的特征。然而，这个项目的目的是为了最大限度地提高经济和社会影响的消费级设备。

There is a pressing need to help the public resume some form of normality. Balancing economic and health needs in the period between coming out of lockdown and having a vaccine for mass immunisation is necessary. Doing this safely and responsibly is hard when little is known for sure about the virus. Doing it for an unknown but extended period is even harder.This 6 month project will confirm the key requirements for a reusable, personal, portable air sterilising respirator. The work will confirm the parameters for something near the size of a 500ml water bottle with a few hours use before recharging.By designing it for personal use it is applicable across the whole of society and all industrial sectors.The need for washing hands, not touching faces, no handshaking and surface cleaning will remain.The respirator will consist of a good fitting mask connected to a steriliser unit and a power pack. The unit is portable as only limited volumes of air need to be sterilisedThe work would enable a separately-supported programme to have product available to the public in a few months.Mass produced \[smaller, cheaper but still as effective\] respirators could start to be available soon after. The vision is for a safe and easily usable consumer product.Sterilising the mask and unit is expected to be using readily available equipment and familiar processes similar to sterilising a baby's bottle ie with a soak in sterilising solution.Once established the concept can lead to different versions for different uses. If used in the workplace, healthcare workers may need different features than public transport workers. However, this project is aimed at a consumer level device for maximum economic and social impact.