On May 29, 2020, IISc’s Project PRAANA team successfully completed the prototyping of an indigenously developed ICU-grade #ventilator.
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Built using a custom designed pneumatic system controlled by a microprocessor, it uses proprietary algorithms and techniques to blend air and oxygen in the desired ratio. (2/n)
It also has fine-grained control of patient-side respiratory parameters such as respiration rate, inspiration to expiration ratio, FiO2, and PEEP. It supports both invasive & non-invasive ventilation. (3/n)
The ventilator uses only components made in India or easily available in the domestic supply chains. The team took about 35 days to go from the drawing board to a proof-of-concept system, and then a working prototype in another two weeks. (4/n)
Project PRAANA was started by IISc faculty members Gaurab Banerjee, Duvvuri Subrahmanyam, TV Prabhakar & Pratikash Panda, Bangalore-based engineer Manas Pradhan and retired IISc professor HS Jamadagni. (5/n)
Many volunteers helped, including physicians Dr. Supreet Khare, Dr. Sriram Sampath, and Dr. Krishna Prasad. “We are now actively exploring options to collaborate with an industry partner to further co-develop the prototype into a field-ready product,” says Subrahmanyam. (6/n)
The project received internal support from IISc, external funding from the office of @PrinSciAdvGoI and a CSR contribution from @SBI_FOUNDATION. Narayana Health, Bengaluru, provided medical testing equipment for verification of the ventilator performance. (n/n)
