{"id":67289,"date":"2021-06-14T12:30:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/?p=67289"},"modified":"2021-06-14T12:30:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T07:00:18","slug":"pune-based-firm-comes-up-with-3d-printed-masks-coated-with-anti-viral-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/pune-based-firm-comes-up-with-3d-printed-masks-coated-with-anti-viral-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Pune-based firm comes up with 3D-printed Masks Coated with Anti-Viral Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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More effective than N-95, 3-ply and cloth masks: Founder Director, Thincr Technologies India<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
DELHI : 14 JUN 2021\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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An integration of 3D printing and pharmaceuticals has resulted in a novel type of mask which attacks the virus when viral particles come in contact with it.\u00a0Developed by Pune-based start-up firm\u00a0Thincr Technologies India Private Limited, these masks are coated with anti-viral agents known otherwise as virucides. The virucidal mask project is among the earliest projects to have been selected for commercialization, by\u00a0Technology Development Board (TDB), a statutory body of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, as part of the Government\u2019s fight against COVID-19.<\/p>\n

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The project received financial support from TDB as part of its search for novel solutions to fight COVID-19, in May 2020<\/a>. Following this, an agreement was signed on 8th<\/sup>\u00a0July, 2020 for developing the masks.\u00a0The 2016-incorporated firm claims that these cost-effective masks are more effective in checking the spread of COVID-19, in comparison with ordinary N-95, 3-ply and cloth masks.<\/p>\n

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Addressing the Need for High Quality More Effective Masks<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Thincr Technologies India works in development of\u00a0Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D-printers to discover new pharmaceutical formulations and drug-loaded filaments of different drugs.\u00a0Founder Director Dr. Shitalkumar Zambad explains: \u201cWe started thinking of the problem and possible solutions, during the initial days of the pandemic. We sensed that use of face\u00a0masks\u00a0will become nearly universal as the most important tool to prevent infection. But we realized that most masks which were then available and within the reach of common people were homemade and of relatively low quality. It is this need for high-quality masks which led us to undertake a project to develop and commercialize cost-effective and more efficient virucidal coated masks, as a better approach to reduce the spread of infection\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The Development Journey<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With this aim,\u00a0Thincr Technologies began to focus\u00a0on developing\u00a0virucidal\u00a0coating formulations.\u00a0It was developed\u00a0with support from Merck Life Sciences located in Nerul, whose research facility was used for the purpose. The coating formulation has been utilized to\u00a0coat the fabric\u00a0layer\u00a0and the 3D\u00a0printing principle was employed to achieve uniformity of coating. The coated layer can be incorporated\u00a0as an additional\u00a0layer in N-95 masks, 3-Ply masks, simple cloth masks, 3D printed or other plastic cover masks, along with reusable\u00a0filters.\u00a0These masks thus provide an additional protection beyond the protection achieved by filtration mechanisms.<\/p>\n

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The coating has been tested and shown to inactivate the SARS-COV-2 virus. The material used for coating on the mask is a Sodium Olefin Sulfonate based mixture. It is a soap forming agent with hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties. In contact with enveloped viruses, it disrupts the outer membrane of the virus. The ingredients used are stable at room temperature and are widely used in cosmetics.<\/p>\n

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The filters of these reusable masks have also been developed using 3D printing.\u00a0Further, Dr. Zambad says that the masks have been found to have bacterial filtration efficiency higher than 95%. \u201cIn this project, for the first time, we used 3D-printers to make multilayer cloth filters to precisely fit for plastic-moulded or 3D-printed mask covers\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Thincr Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. has applied for a patent for this product. Commercial scale manufacturing has also started, informs Dr. Zambad. Meanwhile, 6,000 virucidal masks have been distributed by an NGO to four Government Hospitals in Nandurbar, Nashik and Bengaluru, for use by healthcare workers and also to a girls\u2019 school and college in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n

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