# Addressing the PPE Shortage with a No Cost Solution for Healthcare Providers

- Show: [Global Medical Device Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast)
- Published: 2020-04-29
- Length: 32m
- Episode: 144
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2020-04-29-addressing-the-ppe-shortage-with-a-no-cost-solution-for-healthcare-providers
- Listen: https://podcast.greenlight.guru/episode/addressing-the-ppe-shortage-with-a-no-cost-solution-for-healthcare-providers

## Summary

Sanjay Vakil, Executive Director of the non-profit MasksOn.org, and Devon Campbell, a medical device regulatory expert, discuss their rapid development and distribution of reusable PPE masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. They explain how they retrofitted off-the-shelf scuba masks with hospital-grade anesthesiology circuit filters to create a safe, sanitizable solution for healthcare providers. The team highlights their user-forward design process, involving beta testing with physicians, and their strategy for navigating FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) guidance to bypass traditional regulatory hurdles.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2020-04-29-addressing-the-ppe-shortage-with-a-no-cost-solution-for-healthcare-providers#t=0) Introduction and MasksOn Origin
- [6:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2020-04-29-addressing-the-ppe-shortage-with-a-no-cost-solution-for-healthcare-providers#t=399) Rapid Prototyping and User-Forward Design
- [12:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2020-04-29-addressing-the-ppe-shortage-with-a-no-cost-solution-for-healthcare-providers#t=728) Product Technology and Engineering
- [14:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2020-04-29-addressing-the-ppe-shortage-with-a-no-cost-solution-for-healthcare-providers#t=845) Navigating FDA EUA and Regulatory Pathways
- [19:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2020-04-29-addressing-the-ppe-shortage-with-a-no-cost-solution-for-healthcare-providers#t=1144) Distribution Strategy and Non-Profit Model
- [23:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2020-04-29-addressing-the-ppe-shortage-with-a-no-cost-solution-for-healthcare-providers#t=1403) Funding Needs and Call to Action

## Topics

- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)
- [Certification & compliance](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/certification-and-compliance)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Logistics & fulfilment](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/logistics-and-fulfillment)
- [Fundraising & investors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fundraising)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- MasksOn.org (company)
- Product (company)
- Google (company)
- FDA (company)
- Peloton (product)
- anesthesiology circuit filters (product)
- GoFundMe (other)

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