The CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bengaluru, announced that it had developed a Non Invasive BiPAP Ventilator-SwasthVayu.
According to the NAL, it is a microcontroller-based precise closed-loop adaptive control system with a built-in biocompatible “3D printed manifold & coupler” with HEPA filter (Highly Efficient Particulate Air Filter).
It’s scientists used a spinoff aerospace technology to come out with the device.
BiPAP (Bi-level Positive Airway Pressure) is an externally connected oxygen concentrator, which would be ideal to treat moderate or mid-stage severe COVID-19 patients who do not require intubation and invasive ventilation.
It was developed based on global experiences and specific inputs from pulmonologists in India and abroad.
Source: NAL, The Hindu (Image source: CSIR-NAL)
