Within the scope of the cooperation between TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center (MAM) and MFA Maske İş Güvenliği Medikal A.Ş., the License Agreement for the "Development of Oxygenated Personal Rescuer" Project was signed by TÜBİTAK MAM President V. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Yozgatlıgil and MFA General Manager Fatih Furtun on November 23, 2021.
TÜBİTAK MAM and MFA also discussed the project kick-off meeting and other potential areas of cooperation.
The signing ceremony was attended by TÜBİTAK MAM President V. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Yozgatlıgil, MFA General Manager Fatih Furtun, MFA Production Manager Zeynep Çakır Soylu, MFA Medical Company Business Development Engineer Cansın Piyan, Chemist Soner Ataman, MFA Respiratory Protective Equipment General Coordinator Murat Uzun, TÜBİTAK MAM Vice President Dr. Osman Okur, Chemical Technology Institute (KTE) Deputy Director V. Assoc. Osman Okur, Chemical Technology Institute (CTE) Deputy Director V. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şerife Sarıoğlan, CTE Coordinator Dr. Elif Ünveren, Lead Researcher Dr. Caner Yürüdü, Expert Researcher Dr. Nesrin Karademir, TÜBİTAK MAM Technology and Business Development Directorate Coordinator Dr. Ebru Kızılay Altınel and Expert Namık Serkan Taşkıran.
The "Development of Oxygenated Personal Rescuer" project aims to develop ergonomic, portable and modern personal rescuers to provide sufficient breathing air to the user during emergency escape in cases where there are toxic gases in the ambient air and/or the amount of oxygen is not sufficient.
Collaborating with the industry leader MFA Maske to produce these products domestically and nationally, this project is based on closing Turkey's need gap in this direction.
TÜBİTAK MAM, which has been working on air freshening and life support systems since 2012, has taken it upon itself to carry out the necessary R&D studies for the production of emergency escape masks and oxygen personal rescuers with domestic facilities after the Soma disaster in our country.
R&D studies for the production of oxygen generating chemicals initiated with this motivation have been successfully concluded. Subsequently, the development of oxygen personal rescuers is being initiated in cooperation with MFA, a pioneer in the sector, which produces completely domestic products.
