Mark Seaton, Chris Hopkins, William Early and Andrew Wallace look on as Richard Aimers tries on a ventilator hood made in Dunedin. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIENA Dunedin-made ventilator hood that could be a major support for hospitals managing Covid-19 outbreaks is now being manufactured. Former Scott Tech chief executive Chris Hopkins has helped get a range of specialists together — engineers, clinicians and government officials — to design and create the ventilator hoods. Two hundred of the ventilator hoods are being manufactured in bunches of 50 by SouthMED Ltd, the company set up by Mr Hopkins and his cohort. Covermarq is making the plastic for the hood, JTech Plastics is helping with the injection moulds and United Machinists helped with the seal at the base of the hood.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 05, 2020 16:41 UTC