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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. 鈥?The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded USF Health, Northwell Health, Tampa General Hospital and Formlabs with the Patents for Humanity prize. They received the award for creating the 3D nasal swabs used to help test for the coronavirus. We were able to provide the tool to hold us fight back, said Dr. Summer Decker.Dr. Decker is a professor and the director of 3D stanley cup Clinical Applications Department of Radiology at USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. She and her co stanley flask lleagues created the 3D swabs back in 2020. We were short all of these PPEs, the masks, gloves, gowns, and test kits, she said.The shortage was worldwide. At the time, it was the biggest hurdle when it came to dealing with the virus. We couldnt get an accurate read of the impact without testing kits to test people with. There werent even enough tests for medical staff. You couldnt have a healthcare worker with covid going and working with other patients, Dr. Decker said. Its one of the reasons why a lot of hospitals had to shut. She and her colleagues used 3D printers to make 3D swabs. The printers were already being used to make models of body parts like hearts, hands, and skulls for surgeons to practice on. The materials used to make the swabs is already cleared by the FDA, which made stanley becher it easier to get out to the public. They also cleaned the swabs onsite. She said the hospitals infectious disease specialists sterilized the swabs and packaged them individually. The other posi Stls Man shot in the head inside his home when stray bullet hits window in Michigan
EVANSTON, Ill. AP 鈥?An escaped pet snake that apparently slithered into a suburban Chicago familys washing machine ended up smelling like fabric softener after going through the wash.Sanela Kamencic tells WMAQ stanley termosy -TV she was totally creeped vaso stanley out when the snake turne stanley water bottle d up Wednesday in the washing machine in Evanston.NATIONAL NEWS | Top headlines across the countryPolice Officer Pedro Carrasco and Animal Control Warden Jason Pound brought the reptile to the Chicago Exotics Animal Hospital. Carrasco says it was peeking its head out of the washing machine when they found it. Pound says it smelled like Downy after surviving the wash cycle.Veterinarian Melissa Giese tells radio station WBBM the snake was in pretty good shape and really feisty. The animal hospital says the corn snake, named Penelope, belonged to a 12-year-old boy who lives nearby. They were reunited afterward. |
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