High-tech “warriors” in the battle against Corona virus

This device includes a tablet on the wheel for the doctor to talk to the patient, perform basic diagnostics such as temperature measurement. This is a high-tech tool used by doctors, airport staff, and hotel staff to deal with acute respiratory infections caused by new strains of corona virus (nCoV).

According to Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips, director of the medical center in Everett, Washington, where patients are treated, technology helps them reduce close interactions with people infected with the virus. Vici is produced by Santa Barbara.

Dr Compton-Phillips said it was important to limit the spread of the new virus when we were not immune to it. During the 2003 SARS epidemic, a large proportion of the cases were health-care workers, indicating the difficulty of being safe while treating patients.

According to the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the corona virus can be transmitted from person to person, making robots and remote health care equipment more necessary. Peter Seiff, director of Aethon, a private company that sells TUG robots that can automatically deliver drugs to hospitals, said that the less people contact the patient the better.

Aethon’s TUG robots are being deployed in more than 140 locations, but the company did not respond to requests for use at US hospitals. As of February 3, 2020, there have been 362 deaths from nCoV globally.

According to Chinese media, the country is using robots to transport food and medical supplies to suspected virus-infected people. A robot called Little Peanut delivers food to the quarantined people in a hotel, while a southern Chinese hospital uses robots to dispense drugs, collect rubbish and bed sheets.

In addition to remote transportation and health care, the need for cleaning and disinfection also increases. Xenex, a Texas-based company that sells robots that use ultraviolet rays to remove pathogens, said its equipment is being used to clean rooms at treatment facilities suspected of Wuhan virus infection. The company is contacting hospitals to discuss solutions to disinfect patients’ spaces and residences, and at the same time seek to quickly export robots to China. The device costs about $ 100,000, potentially reducing the risk of infection for health workers.

Meanwhile, Los Angeles-based Dimer provides free sterilization machines to an airline at an international airport. Typically, the device sells for $ 100,000. President Elliot M. Kreitenberg said they have disinfected the bay of aircraft from China to Los Angeles using ultraviolet light over the past few days.