COVID-19: Student creates mask for asthmatics
By Chen Kuan-pei and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A student at Changhua County’s Dayeh University has created a mask that allows the wearer to use an asthma inhaler without removing the mask.
Although masks have become a necessity amid the COVID-19 pandemic, people with asthma must remove them while taking medication, exposing them to risk, Department of Industrial Design student Chiu Chen-ting (邱振莛) said on Monday.
Chiu designed a mask that incorporates a contoured inhaler, which releases medication when the wearer lightly touches the front of the mask.
The inside of a mask developed by a student at Dayeh University in Changhua County is pictured in the county yesterday.