[Animals] Creating a face mask inspired by the shape of animal noses

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Creating a face mask inspired by the shape of animal noses

 

 

San Francisco - (dpa) - Usually, face masks that are used to prevent diseases and viruses such as Covid and SARS are annoying to those who use them, especially when exercising.

 

In order to address this problem, a team of researchers in the United States created a new mask made in a 3D printing method that allows easy breathing for the user, while providing the same level of protection achieved by the N95 masks and face masks that doctors use during surgeries, after they were inspired by the idea of their design from the shape of the noses of some the animals.

 

 

 

Animals are usually distinguished by better smelling abilities than humans, thanks to the widening of the nasal cavities through which the air passes, allowing wider spaces inside the animal's nose for the passage of air and different odor particles, which enhances the nose's ability to distinguish odors and block harmful particles to prevent their leakage into the respiratory system.

 

The team of researchers from Cornell University confirms that these anatomical features can be relied upon in order to design better types of masks that facilitate breathing and achieve better protection from diseases.

 

“One of the advantages of the new mask is that it allows easy breathing and achieves the same protection ability provided by specialized medical masks such as the N95, as it can block air particles no larger than ten micrometers in size,” says Sungguan Gong, a researcher in environmental and biological engineering at Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. “.

 

As part of the study, which was reported in the Scientific Journal of Royal Society Interference, the researchers say that the new muzzle was designed after studying the structure of the noses of nine species of animals, including mice, dogs and pigs.

 

And the Medical Express website, which specializes in medical research, stated that researchers had publicly published the design of the new muzzle and the filters installed in it, so that anyone could make additions to it to improve its efficiency.