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Nathan Herring, a tech lead with the Tom Love Innovation Hub, uses a palm router and pattern bit to build a prototype of an isolation box used to protect medical personnel caring for COVID-19 patients.

Isolation Boxes

The OU Patient and Walk-In isoBoxes protect patient, provider, and equipment from sputum and viral particulate while decreasing the strain on PPE supplies. 

These boxes were inspired from simple testing booths designs. Their construction is time and material intensive, requiring a moderately equipped shop.

The walk-in isolation box' size makes it construction more difficult. They also require specific gloves and fasteners, not easily sourced.  Our Patient IsoBox requires detailed construction and assembly of the silicon diaphragm made of layered barriers. This helps limit the amount of particulate spread during treatment. 

If you are a manufacturer, tech shop, or similarly capable organization and are interested in building our IsoBoxes for Covid-19 pandemic relief efforts, contact us below. 

Design Specifications

By downloading these files you agree to the terms of the University’s COVID Use License

OU Innovation Hub Fab Lab staff deliver OU Walk-In IsoBoxes to Covid-19 testing sites.

Disclaimer:

The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (“University”) makes no representation or warranty of any kind with respect to the design for a “Face Shield” (“Design”), whether express or implied, including any representation or warranty relating to the compliance of any part based on such Design with any specific regulation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of any patent or other proprietary right.

The Design should not be considered Personal Protective Equipment or “PPE” because its capability to provide protection is unknown. Caution should be exercised when considering the use of the Design. The Design is not intended to be a suitable replacement for N-95 or other surgical masks for healthcare workers, nor does it eliminate the risk of contracting or exposure of others to any disease or infection. The Design and manufacturing of this “Face Shield” is not regulated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nor has it been evaluated or approved by The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) or any other regulatory authority.

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The University shall not be liable for any claims, demands, damages or injuries, including but not limited to, property damage, bodily injury, death, indirect, special or consequential damages, arising out of or in connection with User’s downloading, manufacture, commercialization, and any other use of the Design.