CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur unveils indigenously developed Mechanical Ventilator using motorised bellow
New Delhi, June 03: In a path breaking development, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur unveiled its indigenously developed Mechanical Ventilator using Motorised Bellow today.
The Mechanical Ventilator was unveiled at a press conference in the presence of Prof.(Dr.) Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur, and Dr Arunangshu Ganguly, Chairman and Managing Director, Health World Hospitals Pvt. Ltd, Durgapur.
A Ventilator is a Medical Intervention device which works as an Assistive Oxygen supply support when the normal functioning of the Lungs is disrupted owing to some abnormality/infection.
Pressurised Oxygen is pumped into the lungs and excess Carbon Dioxide is flushed out to boost the Oxygenation saturation of the human body under abnormal circumstances.
Dr.Arunangshu Ganguly, Chairman and Managing Director, Health World Hospitals Pvt. Ltd, Durgapur, stated that "CSIR-CMERI in coordination with Critical Care Experts of Health World Hospitals, Dr Arindam Kumar Hazra, Dr, Brojen Choudhury & Dr.RamprasadGorai, studied and incrementally developed the Mechanical Ventilator of today. CSIR-CMERI hand-in-hand with Health Care professionals can revolutionise Ventilator development capability of the Nation.
This will help in massive substitution of Import Dollars by strengthening the Medical Care Manufacturing Landscape of the country. Since the individual parts of the Ventilator can be independently developed by different industries, mass-development of this Ventilator will help a broad spectrum of industries.
The significantly reduced cost of the Ventilators will help the economically marginalised sections of the society the most as well as help further fortify the Government aided Healthcare schemes. This will also help in massively upgrading the tertiary health care infrastructure of the Nation.
Prof.(Dr.)
Harish
Hirani,
Director,
CSIR-CMERI,
Durgapur,
said,
'the
indigenously
developed
Mechanical
Ventilator
using
Mechanised
Bellow
is
a
Volume
Controlled
Ventilator.
The
Bellow
Design,
Controllers
and
embedded
Electronics
of
the
system
have
all
been
customised
to
ensure
price
efficacy
as
well
as
meeting
the
requirements
of
the
relevant
industries.
The
Mechanical
Ventilator
has
undergone
multiple
technical
and
design
changes
after
adopting
critical
feedbacks
from
Healthcare
professionals
of
Health
World
Hospital
and
Vivekananda
Hospital,
Durgapur
(Dr
Amit
Kumar).
This Ventilator will be further upgraded to meet the requirements of various other patient's parameters. The efficacy of a Ventilator for a patient is also correlated to the effective response of the attending Healthcare personnel. Steadily the approach of this Institute will be to harness Artificial Intelligence capabilities to automate the functioning of the Mechanical Ventilators, so that the Ventilators automatically respond to the fluctuating variables of a patient.
Such indigenisation of Ventilator Manufacturing activities will supplement the clarion call of the Prime Minister to 'Make in India, Made for the World'". Dr.Hirani also appreciated the efforts of the team comprising Dr.AnupamSinha, Sanjay Hansdah, KalyanChatterjee and AvinashYadav who worked upon development of the Ventilator.
Specifications:
Amicro-controller along with pressure and flow sensors in closed loop:
a)
Continuously
monitors
and
displays
pressure,
volume
and
flow
with
time
in
the
monitor.
b)
Parameters
can
be
set
on
the
fly
through
the
GUI
like
Tidal
Volume,
BPM,
I:E
Ratio,
PEEP
and
PIP.
c)
Alarms
for
different
set
limits.
Mechanical fail-safe valve: Opens at 80 cm H2O if there is electrical/electronic failure
PIP:
40-70
cm
H2O
adjustable
in
steps
of
5
cm
H2O
PEEP:
5-20
cm
H2O
adjustable
in
steps
of
5
cm
H2O
Inspiratory:
Expiratory
ratio
(I:E):
1:1
-
1:3
(adjustable)
Respiratory
Rate
(BPM):
10
-
30
breaths
per
minute
in
increments
of
2
Tidal
Volume:
350
ml
-
650
ml
in
steps
of
50
ml
Modes
available
("Volume
Assist/Control"):
Volume
Control
(VC)
-
Continuous
Mandatory
Ventilation
(CMV),
for
PASSIVE
patients
Volume
Control
(VC)
-
Intermittent
Mandatory
Ventilation
(IMV),
for
PARTIALLYACTIVE
patients
Safety Features
Alarm for the following:
Inspiratory/Expiratory
Line
Blockage
Inspiratory/Expiratory
Line
open
Peak-Inspiratory-Pressure
Limit
reached
Patient
breathing
trigger
Others
Patient
data
logging
for
72
hours
A
pressure
release
valve
that
vents
gas
above
a
certain
safe
pressure
An
anti-asphyxia
valve
which
allows
the
breathing
of
room
air
in
the
event
of
power
failure