3 firms to sell new air tent for SARS treatment

3 firms to sell new air tent for SARS treatment

TOKYO, Japan - Trading house Itochu Corp., machinery maker Ebara Jitsugyo Co. and chemicals firm Achilles Corp. said June 17 they will market a negative-pressure air tent (in handout photo) that can be used as isolation chambers for treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The air tent, priced at 4.8 million yen, will go on sale on June 18 with sales targeted at 100 units by the end of this year, they said. (Kyodo)

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