Biomedical company Avinent, a CataloniaBio & HealthTech member, and the Bages University Foundation have joined forces to create door handles that are opened with the forearm for the Althaia Foundation in Manresa (Barcelona). This model is safer in terms of spreading the Covid-19. They have also designed other safety materials the centre needed.

Avinent has manufactured these products using 3D technology, one of its lines of business in the field of dental prosthetics.

These three organisations (healthcare, academic and business) already had joint healthcare innovation projects under way.

Read the full article in Regió 7 (in Catalan).