The rapid production of the helmet helps to overcome the lack of respiratory machinery, and may save the lives of many Israelis • "In Italy, too, a similar helmet was used at the height of the epidemic"

• Unique Soul Helmet // Photo: IAI

The aerospace industry has been able to produce an alternative soul helmet to the one that existed in the market, thus providing an emergency solution, during which they will have to use the product frequently. Also, the new product solves the global shortage problem in the previous product.

According to helmet developers, two solutions were used to replace the Starmed ventilator helmet: "We took a product that was in a hospital and designed another product with the same functionality. , As part of the domestic production effort. "

"The director of ICU Assuta Ashdod showed us a respirator that is like a helmet attached to the ventilator, without invasive operation," says Osnat Fried Hayon, aerospace materials engineer. "This helmet causes the patient to be in an oxygen-saturated environment and helps him breathe. The solution is not intended for patients in serious need of breathing, but for patients who have difficulty breathing and need oxygen."

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The purpose of the helmet is to make the patient isolated from other contaminants in the environment, and to protect the environment from it. The air that enters and exits the machine is purified with filters, thus protecting both the patient and the environment. Helmet fittings are manufactured using 3D printing technology, approved for medical use. "Yesterday we performed a successful trial at Assuta Hospital in Ashdod, and we are now waiting for more demands from the hospitals," says Hillel Alperovich of Alta Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

"The original design of the helmets was to connect to the respirator. After medical teams have been exposed to the solution, the helmet is now also being used as a protective device for the medical team. It is also important to note that the raw materials for the helmet and assembly and production work were carried out by various companies in Israel, which did so with full volunteerism.

Dr. Ami Mayo, director of ICU Assuta Ashdod: "This is a product that was used at the height of the epidemic in Italy, with its massive consumption, so that there is no inventory left at the manufacturers. They stormed the project - the production of an alternate soul helmet at an accelerated pace, to build our shelters and other hospitals in the country for the next. At the end of the process, which was incredibly short, a product was born that meets the expectations, which will be used by us and in my opinion throughout the country, and will save many Israelis from the penetrating soul and its complications. "