To resolve the increasing demand for ventilators, a neurosurgery professor and a robotic scientist have developed a ventilator splitter using computerized 3-D printing mechanisms . The ventilator consists of a negative ion generator that inactivates the virus and a positive charge system traps the inactivated virus at the expiratory end. The scientists mentioned that the machine can be used to ventilate 8 patients at a time in times of mass casualty. The machine is dressed up with a safety box to preform bronchoscopy and intubation procedures in COVID-19 patients who develop acute respiratory disease syndrome (ARDS).
Also, the ventilator is low-cost (1.5 Lakhs). The health ministry has approved the design and has placed an order of 1000 ventilators which are expected to be supplied by the second week of April. US manufacturers of medical devices have also applauded Indian scientists for…
