At the beginning of February, the epidemic was fierce in China. Many factories are temporarily closed during the Chinese New Year holiday and production was stopped. Masks, protective clothing, goggles, and other front-line medical protection supplies were really in short supply.
On February 10, Mao Qingge, the senior director of the Consumer Products Division of Johnson & Johnson’s Asia-Pacific Innovation Center, called on 10 researchers who work in Johnson & Johnson to use their expertise and technology to volunteer to support this battle.
3D printing technology is nothing new to these 3D printing veterans. But they never tried printing goggles before. The team quickly found a direction after communication:
- Collect related knowledge of medical equipment
- Make iterative design based on the current 3D model
- 3D Print guided by the GB 14866-2006 principle
After wearing the goggles for a long time, the lenses will be foggy, which blocks the sight. With insight into this problem, the team studied together to find the most suitable materials and technologies, and did an anti-fog treatment for the lenses. Finally, the fog problem was solved without the need for additional auxiliary tools.
How to ensure that quarantine officers wear goggles correctly? The team read a lot of documents and technical references, designed user manuals for them, clearly and rigorously listed the use instructions and wearing precautions, and packed them for easy storage and carrying.
After the production of 300 goggles, the team dispatched them in time to the quarantine staff at the airport, the community, etc. Those quarantine officers were responsible for strictly guarding the Shanghai portals. They were undertaking unpredictable high risks and lacking perfect protection at that time.
The 300 goggles came to the hands of front-line quarantine staff through the coordination and assistance of the Minhang Economic Commission and the relevant departments of the Hongqiao Transportation Hub. They were also distributed to the community quarantine workers at Tianmu Road Street and Gonghe Xinlu Street in Jing’an District.
