'Jivan Vayu'
- IIT Ropar has developed a device ‘Jivan Vayu’ which can be used as a substitute for a CPAP machine.
- This is the Nation’s first such device that functions even without electricity and is adapted to both kinds of oxygen generation units like O2 cylinders and oxygen pipelines in hospitals.
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) is a treatment method for patients having breathing problems during sleep called sleep apnea.
- The machine uses mild air pressure to keep the airways open for easy breathing.
- It is also used to treat infants whose lungs have not fully developed.
- The machine blows air into the baby's nose to help inflate his or her lungs.
- The treatment is all the more necessary during the early stages of the Covid-19 infection.
- It reduces lung damage and allows patients to recover from the inflammatory effects.
- Fulfilling all the medically required parameters, this leak-proof, low-cost CPAP delivery system, “Jivan Vayu’ is designed for a 22mm CPAP closed-circuit tube.
- ‘Jivan Vayu’ can deliver high flow oxygen (20–60 LPM) while maintaining a continuous positive pressure of up to 20 cm H2O.
- The device is designed to maintain a FiO2 of above 40% with a PEEP (positive end-expiratory pressure) of 5-20 cm H2O.
- It has an inbuilt viral filter at the air entrainment end which has a viral efficacy of 99.99%.
- This device has been manufactured using 3D printing and has also been tested mechanically.
- Since it can run during power failures, this can be used to safely transport a patient."