Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Varanasi has developed antimicrobial face masks which are multi-layered.
The multilayered face masks are designed to annihilate pathogens that settle on outer layers of the mask. This will limit the further spread of pathogens through secondary infection.
Masks that are currently available in the market act as filters to prevent the entry of pathogens in oral and nasal pathways. These are not effective on microbes settled on the outer surface of masks.
The mask has been developed by Dr Marshal and his team from IIT-BHU at School of Biomedical Engineering.
As per Dr Marshal, these shortcomings of currently available can have adverse effects on medical or paramedical staff working on the frontline. They are constantly exposed to hosts of microbes which may remain on the outer surface of their masks.
To address this issue his team used stacks of nano-metal and protonated amine matrix conjugate.
Prof. Pramod Kumar Jain, Director, IIT-BHU, asserted that the institute has preparations to fight Coronavirus maintaining all social obligations. It has aimed to cooperate with government and administrative bodies for such needs.
Earlier, IIT-BHU had developed prototypes of sanitization devices, surface cum sanitizer based on UV-C light and all such equipment to fight coronavirus.
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