{"id":101421,"date":"2020-09-22T11:31:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T11:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=101421"},"modified":"2020-09-22T11:33:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T11:33:02","slug":"iiit-students-developed-ventilation-device-for-covid-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/iiit-students-developed-ventilation-device-for-covid-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"IIIT Students developed ventilation device for Covid Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Students of which of the following IIIT in India have recently developed artificial ventilation device useful for Covid patients?<br><\/strong>a) IIIT Allahabad<br>b) IIIT Guwahati<br>c) IIIT Kota<br>d) IIIT Bhubaneswar<br><strong>Answer: (d)<br>Related Facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Engineering students from IIIT, Bhubaneswar have developed a first-of-its-kind ventilation device that benefits patients suffering from mild respiratory distress.<\/li><li>It is a helmet-like device which can also enhance the treatment for Covid-19 patients with mild respiratory issues.<\/li><li>It can also be useful for treating respiratory diseases.<\/li><li>Students explained that it can also act as a comfortable alternative to the suffocating PPE kits.<\/li><li>It took four months to design the device named as \u2018Swasner.\u2019<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Special Features:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>SWASNER is free of maintenance, economical (can be priced at INR 1,800 per piece) and easy to use<\/li><li>The product is reusable after following standard disinfection procedure.<\/li><li>The product has got accolades and recognitions from both India and abroad.<\/li><li>The team had also participated in Kerala Startup Mission Hackathon.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Working Principle:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Shaped as a bubble enclosure for the head, the device works on the principle of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.<\/li><li>It should be known that this therapy mostly used for treating diving-related illness and some other medical conditions.<\/li><li>Inside a hyperbaric chamber, a person is made to inhale almost pure oxygen to speed up body\u2019s healing process.<\/li><li>Some researchers believe the therapy<\/li><li>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.<\/li><li>The bubble, which expands as the air fills in, is made of medical grade plastic that these students had procured from CIPET, Bhubaneswar.<\/li><li>The students claimed that the device could be an affordable alternative to costly ventilators as modern ventilators may cost as high as lakh rupees.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:-<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/indiaeducationdiary.in\/iiit-bhubaneswar-students-develop-swasner-a-first-of-its-kind-helmet-like-ventilation-device\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/indiaeducationdiary.in\/iiit-bhubaneswar-students-develop-swasner-a-first-of-its-kind-helmet-like-ventilation-device\/<br><\/a><a href=\"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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">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<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Students of which of the following IIIT in India have recently developed artificial ventilation device useful for Covid patients?a) IIIT Allahabadb) IIIT Guwahatic) IIIT Kotad) IIIT BhubaneswarAnswer: (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. 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