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When health care workers who have to wear masks for hours started noticing that the bands cause extreme skin irritation, Normal West High School teacher Joe Rosel decided to use his 3D printer to craft ear savers.
According to WGLT, Rosel says his sister is in the health care industry. He says that is what motivated him to use his 3D printing skills.
“My sister is an X-ray tech and she's having to deal with this virus on the front lines,” Rosel told WGLT. “I'm one of those guys that would never be able to forgive myself if my family, friends or anybody that I knew was going through something and I could do something but just chose not to. I have a 3D printer at work so I thought, if I can do something, I kind of have a duty to do it at this point.”
The masks have an elastic band that goes around the medical professional’s ears, and they're having to wear this mask their entire shift.
"One of the nurses I know in Orlando said her ears were completely raw and they were having to put Band-Aids on the back of them for protection," Rosel said. "As soon as I heard that, I immediately went to 3D printing everything I could."
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