Bhubaneswar: An engineering student from Odisha's Bhubaneswar has developed low-cost ventilators to deal with patients having respiratory problems and experiencing shortness of breath.
Ananya Aprameya from Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district has come up with this uniquely designed portable ventilator attached to a pumping air-bag to help COVID-infected people and other patients facing breathing problems.
Aprameya has made the indigenous ventilator keeping in view that no patient dies because of want of oxygen during this Corona pandemic period.
Along with his friends, Aprameya started the project after enforcement of the nation-wide lockdown and finally, the device ‘Swasner’ is ready.
Another benefit of this pumping-ventilator is it’s available at a much cheaper price than the ones available in the market.
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Speaking to ETV Bharat, Apramya said," The patients having asthma-related problems can keep this machine in their homes and make use of it. The ventilators made by us are capable of providing oxygen support to patients easily during emergency periods. Along with that, this life-saving device would be available in the market at a very low cost."
"Due to lack of resources or knowledge regarding the application/operation, there seems to be a shortage of ventilators in hospitals. Focusing on this issue, we had 4-5 designs ready but then came up with this bubble helmet device which we had already researched on. The device has the potential to meet the demand for ventilators across the country," he said.
"We are open for rigorous trials at the hospitals too, and so far two trials have been conducted at hospitals in Cuttack. We want this to be well-equipped and more developed, in case required, so that common people are benefited and the number of deaths due to lack of ventilators also comes down," the student added.
