Meaglow Ltd Investigates the Re-Sterilization of N95 Masks during Covid-19
THUNDER BAY, ON, April 2, 2020 /CNW/ - Meaglow Ltd has been investigating the repurposing of its gas plasma sources for the re-sterilization of N95 masks.
Meaglow has been selling its gas plasma sources to the semiconductor industry, replacing legacy sources that were less than optimum for current applications. The company has a unique set of designs that have greatly reduced oxygen contamination problems and provide a higher flux of active plasma species. Sales have been made to such high-level customers as the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratories, U.S. Naval Research, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, among many others. Meaglow designed, locally built, plasma sources have now been distributed to ten different countries.
Our success is strongly related to the company's location in Thunder Bay, Ontario, an industrial city with excess machine shop capability. The company is able to rapidly prototype and produce new plasma source designs in under a month in many cases. For the current emergency we have a plasma system that is already on hand and ready to use for related sterilization tests.
Initial results can be viewed on the company website at Plasma Sterilization link. Says the Chief Scientist, Dr. Butcher "We have a rapid manufacturing capability; the ability to scale that manufacturing; a distribution channel, and some positive initial testing, what we need now is support for bacteria and virus testing. We have a local company who can help with some of those tests, but we need to move quickly to help."
With government channels clogged with offers and enquiries, Meaglow is reaching out through the media to help progress the possibility of this re-sterilization option.
About Meaglow Ltd.
Meaglow Ltd. is a privately owned corporation in the industrial city of Thunder Bay, Canada. Its range of next generation hollow cathode plasma sources is transforming the way gas plasma is used. www.meaglow.com
SOURCE Meaglow Ltd.
K. Scott Butcher, phone +1 807 252 4391, [email protected]
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