A new perspective of aroma face mask on COVID-19 pandemic.

Q3 Engineering
Fahimeh Irandoust, Salome Dini
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Abstract

In times of the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing face masks is strongly recommended as a public health measure to stop the spread of the Sars Coronavirus. However, there are still people who ignore using this effective protective tool due to the lack of comfortable face masks on the market. Therefore, in the current study, we assessed commercially available face masks namely N95 masks, surgical masks, and cloth masks in order to find out their weakness. In addition, the identification needs of people from a face mask were collected by an online questionnaire. According to the information obtained; we achieved key factors required to design a new type of face mask using the Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and the final design was printed. Moreover, the long-term use of herbs in Iranian Traditional Medicine persuaded us to add a humidifier containing aromatic plants essential oils such as Eucalyptus globules Labill. and Rosa damascene Mill. with scientifically proven health benefits such as pain reliever, relaxing properties and antimicrobial activities. We are expected that these aromas would be an effective way to eliminate the problems of individuals suffering from air pollutants, respiratory disorders, and COVID which leads to encouraging more people to use face masks during pandemics or air pollution.

新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情防控新视角
在COVID-19大流行期间,强烈建议戴口罩作为一项公共卫生措施,以阻止Sars冠状病毒的传播。然而,由于市场上缺乏舒适的口罩,仍然有人忽视使用这种有效的保护工具。因此,在本研究中,我们评估了市售口罩,即N95口罩,外科口罩和布口罩,以找出它们的弱点。此外,通过在线问卷收集了人们对口罩的识别需求。根据所获得的信息;我们使用计算机辅助设计(CAD)实现了设计新型口罩所需的关键因素,并打印了最终设计。此外,伊朗传统医学中长期使用的草药说服我们添加了一个含有芳香植物精油的加湿器,如桉树球。Rosa damascene Mill。具有科学证明的健康益处,如缓解疼痛,放松特性和抗菌活性。我们预计,这些香气将成为消除空气污染物、呼吸系统疾病和COVID患者问题的有效方法,从而鼓励更多的人在大流行或空气污染期间使用口罩。
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Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology
Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology Engineering-Biomedical Engineering
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology is an international, independent, multidisciplinary, bimonthly journal promoting an understanding of the physiological processes underlying disease processes and the appropriate application of technology. Features include authoritative review papers, the reporting of original research, and evaluation reports on new and existing techniques and devices. Each issue of the journal contains a comprehensive information service which provides news relevant to the world of medical technology, details of new products, book reviews, and selected contents of related journals.
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