COVID-19 to ear, nose and throat (ENT) medics.Dr Ajith George, who is based at the Royal Stoke University Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent, created the SNAP device along with fellow ENT surgeon Chris Coulson as a practical response to the COVID-19 crisis.Their brainchild was then developed in a matter of months in collaboration with engineers at Aston University and specialist UK-based manufacturing firms."It’s incredibly exciting to see this device going from concept to reality so quickly," said George."As working surgeons, our innovation work is driven by creating things we would want to use ourselves.
COVID-19 has led to heightened awareness about the spread of disease in clinical environments, so we see the SNAP device having practical.