SheltAir is an innovation developed by German architectural engineer Gregory Quinn and it seeks to offer a solution to one of the many problems that the COVID-19 pandemic poses. It is essentially "domed bio-containment pods [that can] erect [thanks to the use] of inflatable cushions."
SheltAir is intended to help those who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 to better isolate. The product is flat-pack to maximize portability and adaptability. It consists of a gridshell of plastic rods and PVC-coated polyester that is to be inflated. Since the fabric is also SheltAir's "architectural envelope," Gregory Quinn heat-welds the outer skin in order to ensure the proper isolation from the outside.
SheltAir allows for hospitals to be a safer environment for doctors and visitors by minimizing possible exposure.
Bio-Containing Gridshell Pods
Gregory Quinn Boasts the SheltAir as a Solution to Isolate Patients
Trend Themes
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Flat-pack Bio-containing Pods — Developing flat-pack bio-containing pods to maximize portability and adaptability presents a disruptive innovation opportunity that can revolutionize the way medical facilities handle contagious patients in remote or hard-to-reach places.
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Inflatable Medical Enclosures — Creating inflatable medical enclosures can offer a disruptive innovation opportunity to provide quick, temporary, and cost-effective solutions for containing infectious diseases in emergency situations like a pandemic.
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Heat-welded Architectural Envelopes — Incorporating heat-welded architectural envelopes in building designs can present a disruptive innovation opportunity to build isolation rooms, medical facilities, and other critical structures that are safer, and more secure and environmentally friendly.
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Healthcare Industry — The healthcare industry can implement bio-containing gridshell pods to enhance patient care, increase hospital readiness, and reduce the transmission of contagious diseases in public and hospital settings.
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Emergency Response Industry — The emergency response industry can adopt inflatable medical enclosures to provide temporary isolation for contagious patients and fast response to emergency outbreaks like pandemics, natural disasters, and biological spills.
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Architectural Design Industry — The architectural design industry can leverage heat-welded architectural envelopes to create cost-effective, safe, and resilient isolation rooms and medical facilities in remote or hard-to-reach areas, and increase building energy-efficiency and environmental sustainability.