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Nova Scotia chemists work with mill to create medical grade pulp for N95 masks
Saint Mary's University team looks to replace polymer with East Coast softwood pulp.Read more → -
McGill testing Canada’s first UV-Disinfection robot
Path-finding robot designed to reduce rates of hospital-acquired infections including COVID-19.Read more → -
Volunteers use 3D printers to make PPE during pandemic
Additive manufacturing enthusiasts find purpose, community due to COVID-19.Read more → -
U of T-developed medical device monitors COVID-19 patients remotely
Small Raspberry Pi-based PulseOx system reduces PPE use and medical staff exposure.Read more → -
USask team engineers 3D-print sterilizable N95 mask
Prototype design, that uses replaceable filter inserts, awaits medical device license.Read more → -
Health Canada approves Spartan Bioscience’s portable COVID 19 test
Ottawa-based firm’s lab-in-a-box test kit automates procedure for non-laboratory personnel.Read more → -
Eclipse Automation secures North American rights to N95 mask production equipment
Cambridge firm’s partnership with China’s Harmontronics to result in first high speed mask production line installed within four weeks.Read more → -
Hockey equipment manufacturers, players donate protective equipment
CCM leveraging hockey equipment supply chain to procure 500,000 surgical masks by end of April.Read more → -
Thornhill Medical expands ventilator production tenfold to meet demand
Toronto company’s output part of Ventilators for Canadians initiative to produce 10k ventilators across Canada.Read more → -
Woodbridge Foam, APMA produce first Ontario-made masks for hospitals
Auto parts association says initiative will ramp up to 1M N95 certified masks per week at foam company’s Vaughan, ON plant.Read more →
