Small and medium-sized enterprises in the city solve the needs of the medical field Launched nationwide droplet countermeasure mask "ProM".

　In Yokohama City, as part of the platform "LIP. Yokohama" in the field of health and medical care, together with the Yokohama Corporate Management Support Foundation, we are promoting a medical-engineering cooperation project that supports manufacturing companies in the city working on medical device development. I am.
　With the support of this project, St. Marianna Medical University (Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki-shi), Salve Corporation (Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi), and Lockheed Kasei Co., Ltd. (Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama-shi) have developed a special droplet mask "Pro M (Prom)". The university's endoscope center has already introduced 100 pre-sales sales and is being used to prevent droplet infection. The safety of use was confirmed through the cooperation of multiple doctors, and Sorve Co., Ltd., a wholesale medical device manufacturer, began selling it to medical institutions nationwide.
　In addition, according to the proposal of Rocky Kasei Co., Ltd., which is responsible for manufacturing, LIMEX (LIMEX) material, which has less environmental burden during incineration, is used for the frame part of the product.