Photos: Arizona Makers Fighting Coronavirus in Tucson
Arizona Makers Fighting COVID-19 is a state-wide group using 3-D and laser printing to make face shields and building aerosol boxes to protect healthcare workers from patients during intubation.
Tucson: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Paulus Musters, materials lab manager at the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, makes a small cut into plastic as he males an aerosol box prototype on April 1, 2020. Musters is part of the Arizona Makers Fighting COVID-19 group and was given instructions on how to make the box. An aerosol box is used to place over a patient and allow a healthcare worker to intubate safely while being protected.
Tucson: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Paulus Musters, materials lab manager at the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, shapes a piece of plastic as he makes an aerosol box prototype on April 1, 2020.
Tucson: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Paulus Musters, materials lab manager at the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, shapes a piece of plastic as he makes an aerosol box prototype on April 1, 2020.
Tucson: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Paulus Musters, materials lab manager at the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, sets the laser to make arm hole cuts in a piece of plastic as he makes an aerosol box prototype on April 1, 2020.
Tucson: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Paulus Musters, materials lab manager at the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, makes an aerosol box prototype on April 1, 2020.
Tucson: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Paulus Musters, materials lab manager at the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, uses an adhesive as he makes an aerosol box prototype on April 1, 2020.
Tucson: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
An aerosol box can be placed over a patient and allow a healthcare worker to intubate a patient safely and protected. It was designed by Dr. Hsien Yung Lai and this prototype was made by Paulus Musters, the materials lab manager at the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, on April 1, 2020
Tucson: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Paulus Musters, materials lab manager at the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, tries on a face shield he made using a laser printer on April 1, 2020. The face shield can be worn by healthcare workers for extra protection as they work with patients with coronavirus disease.
Mamta Popat
Photojournalist