Japanese company develops no-contact touch panels for hospitals
The pandemic due to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has given many an opportunity to revaluate their daily practices regarding responsibility and hygiene with countermeasures comprising social distancing and the remote handling of from business to chores, but certain routine actions such as for example touching publicly shared handles, rails, and buttons are practically unavoidable.
An idea that appears to be gaining traction in Japan for post-pandemic use may be the implementation of "no-touch touch screens" which get rid of the need for immediate contact when navigating screens and panels. One Japanese automotive parts manufacturer lately developed such panels applying what they call "Floating Pictogram Technology" to permit users to use button-based Japanese toilets simply by hovering their finger of the required button on a panel.
Hospitable technology maker Almex has followed suit, having successfully formulated "Contactless Frame" touch panels for use on hospitals, where they might be needed most.
Although touch panels that are touched by a sizable number of users are generally disinfected by every facility to make sure maximum hygiene, there continues to be a likelihood of transmission of germs and viruses via them.
After demonstration experiments were successfully conducted at Sanseikai Shinyurigaoka Standard Hospital and Koshikai Toyooka First of all Hospital, the non-contact frame (which function far away up to 30mm) will be produced in higher quantities and available to hospitals and other facilities by Almex.
As an initial step, Almex will produce fittings for the APS-3300 touch panel, which they say has the most contact among touch panels, for hospitals where nosocomial infection control is urgently needed, and will sequentially develop products appropriate for other medical-related equipment.
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Source: japantoday.com
