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  • We acquired this object.

2020

  • Work on this object began.

2021

2025

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Patient Isolation Hood, Apollo, 2020

This is a Patient Isolation Hood. It is dated 2020. Its medium is polyethylene terephthalate glycol (petg) plastic and polycarbonate plastic. It is a part of the department.

Dr. Samuel Smith led a team at the Mass General Brigham Center for Covid Innovation, where hundreds of volunteers from around the globe contributed sketches and ideas in 2020. Building on these insights, a core team focused on designing a Patient Isolation Hood for use during intubation and other procedures that release dangerous virus particles. In less than a month, the concept progressed from drawings, cardboard models, and full-scale prototypes to a working product.

It is credited Courtesy of Massachusetts General Hospital.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 55.9 × 55.9 × 76.2 cm (22 × 22 × 30 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics.

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