As the world struggles with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, ensuring safety for healthcare workers is paramount during this unprecedented time.
To provide the maximum safety for the frontline healthcare professionals, US-based start-up Think Bricks have come up with PAPR system, a protective gear that is a battery-powered device which provides positive airflow through a filter, to a hood or a face piece, according to a press statement.
Think Bricks, a start-up founded by a Bangladeshi-American, showcased the PAPR device at “Call for Action,” a government-funded program aimed at the start-up community of Bangladesh, held earlier this month, to help establish and scale the products and services focused on fighting Covid-19.
A full set of PAPR system will cost less than Tk30,000, which makes it cheaper than a month's supply of n95 masks. The PAPR system will be in production soon and made available to doctors across Bangladesh, the statement says.
The PAPR system is a milestone for Bangladesh as it opens doors to designing and manufacturing safety equipment locally.
Think Bricks was founded by Tanvir Anjum, a Bangladeshi-American with a decade of engineering experience in the US. After spending a decade as a technology leader there, he wanted to use his expertise to help his countrymen.
“Now it’s time for me to pay back,” he said.
Think Bricks is also working on Smart Retina, an AI-based automated DR screening tool, the first of its kind in Bangladesh.
Samiul Huda, chief operating officer of Think Bricks, says their vision for the company is to use technology to make healthcare more affordable in Bangladesh.
Having homegrown sophisticated tech companies like Think Bricks is a great asset for the country, especially in a crisis like Covid-19, and the rise of such tech companies are a direct result of the “Digital Bangladesh” movement, the statement said.
