Department of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Technology, Ramanbhai Patel College of Pharmacy, Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), CHARUSAT Campus, Changa 388421, India.
Recent Pat Nanotechnol. 2022;16(4):262-270. doi: 10.2174/1872210515666210604110946.
The Covid-19 epidemic was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. It is difficult to foresee the future length and severity; it may extend to weeks, months, or even years to deplete the energy and resources of the health care facilities and the providers as there is marginal to no pharmacological medication available to treat the Covid-19. Unless an effective pharmacological treatment such as medicines and vaccines is developed and released publicly, wearing protective face masks and protecting personal health and hygiene is merely a choice to avoid the Covid-19 spread. This review summarizes the background knowledge on the Covid-19 disease and currently available face masks for highly infectious disease primary prevention. According to recent studies of Covid-19 prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, nanotechnologists have provided a revolutionary approach that involves both pharmacological and non-pharmacological steps, one of which is the use of nanofibers in facemasks and respirators.
Various researches carried out in the field of nanomask and patented reports based on the application of nanomask were reviewed.
The most recent developments of nanofibers, including research publications, patents and commercial products in Covid-19 prevention, are extensively reviewed from scientific literature and appropriately represented in this study.
2020 年 3 月，世界卫生组织宣布新冠疫情为大流行。未来的持续时间和严重程度难以预测；它可能会持续数周、数月甚至数年，耗尽医疗设施和提供者的精力和资源，因为目前没有治疗新冠的药物。除非开发出有效的药物治疗方法，如药物和疫苗，并公开发布，否则佩戴防护口罩和保护个人健康和卫生只是避免新冠传播的一种选择。本文综述了新冠疾病的背景知识和目前用于高传染性疾病初级预防的口罩。根据最近对新冠预防、诊断和治疗的研究，纳米技术人员提供了一种革命性的方法，涉及药物和非药物措施，其中之一是在口罩和呼吸器中使用纳米纤维。
综述了纳米口罩领域的各种研究和基于纳米口罩应用的专利报告。
从科学文献中广泛综述了纳米纤维的最新进展，包括在新冠预防方面的研究出版物、专利和商业产品，并在本研究中进行了适当的呈现。
