Question: Students of which of the following IIIT in India have recently developed artificial ventilation device useful for Covid patients?
a) IIIT Allahabad
b) IIIT Guwahati
c) IIIT Kota
d) IIIT Bhubaneswar
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:-
- Engineering students from IIIT, Bhubaneswar have developed a first-of-its-kind ventilation device that benefits patients suffering from mild respiratory distress.
- It is a helmet-like device which can also enhance the treatment for Covid-19 patients with mild respiratory issues.
- It can also be useful for treating respiratory diseases.
- Students explained that it can also act as a comfortable alternative to the suffocating PPE kits.
- It took four months to design the device named as ‘Swasner.’
Special Features:-
- SWASNER is free of maintenance, economical (can be priced at INR 1,800 per piece) and easy to use
- The product is reusable after following standard disinfection procedure.
- The product has got accolades and recognitions from both India and abroad.
- The team had also participated in Kerala Startup Mission Hackathon.
Working Principle:
- Shaped as a bubble enclosure for the head, the device works on the principle of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
- It should be known that this therapy mostly used for treating diving-related illness and some other medical conditions.
- Inside a hyperbaric chamber, a person is made to inhale almost pure oxygen to speed up body’s healing process.
- Some researchers believe the therapy
- In this therapy, the patient is made to breathe oxygen in the pressurised chamber. The atmospheric pressure inside the chamber is raised up to three times higher than normal.
- The bubble, which expands as the air fills in, is made of medical grade plastic that these students had procured from CIPET, Bhubaneswar.
- The students claimed that the device could be an affordable alternative to costly ventilators as modern ventilators may cost as high as lakh rupees.
Links:-
https://indiaeducationdiary.in/iiit-bhubaneswar-students-develop-swasner-a-first-of-its-kind-helmet-like-ventilation-device/
https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bhubaneswar/2020/sep/16/iiit-bhubaneswar-students-make-first-of-its-kind-ventilation-device-to-ease-mild-breathing-issues-2197530.html