“We are in a state of war with COVID-19,” said Ray Taheri, senior instructor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Engineering.
Taheri isn’t on the front lines of that battle, but he’s still fighting the good fight, so to speak. Whether it’s creating COVID-19 coping tools like his door handle opener or 3D-printed face shields, Taheri continues to find creative and innovative ways to help arm health-care workers with unique protective equipment or PPE. “Eventually we want to make this accessible commercially to everyone,” Taheri said of his latest design.
The flexible plastic oval he’s designed is meant to help health-care workers with the pain of wearing a face mask eight hours a day. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for