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Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic has created severe shortages of protective airway equipment. Providers are forced to forego adequate personal protection due to dwindling supply PAPR, CAPR, and N95 mask supply. Masks that should be single use are being ad-hoc sterilized and reused.

It is for this emergent need, that I am releasing this buildable protective respirator design. Although this is not an FDA approved product, I am making this available as a physician anesthesiologist doing his "good samaritan" duty. I have applied my 30 years of medical experience and design skills to create and test this design. Although I believe the physics to be sound, but use of this Halo respirator is at your sole discretion and risk.

The Bunny Science Halo is intended to achieve protection by keeping the users entire head in a positive pressure, clean gas environment. It is easily buildable. Equally important in these times of scarcity, its disposables are easily obtained.

    • Bunny Science Halo can be configured for three types of virus free air.

    • Oxygen / Compressed breathable air via small diameter O2 tubing is simplest option. Flow should be 10L/min.

    • Filtered PAPR uses anesthesia viral filter and fan to provide clean air. 12 volt battery pack or AC adapter provides power.

    • External Air via 22 mm connectors for connection of an external fan driven, filtered air source such as a Bair Hugger.

Guy Kuo

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