'Jivan Vayu'

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Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar has developed a device ‘Jivan Vayu’ which can be used as a substitute of CPAP machine.

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) is a treatment method for patients having breathing problems during sleep called sleep apnea.
The machine uses mild air pressure to keep the airways open for easy breathing.
It is also used to treat infants whose lungs have not fully developed.
The machine blows air into the baby's nose to help inflate his or her lungs.
The treatment is all the more necessary during early stages of the Covid-19 infection.
It reduces lung damage and allow patients to recover from the inflammatory effects.
It is leak-proof, low-cost CPAP delivery system.
“Jivan Vayu’ is designed for a 22mm CPAP closed circuit tube.
This is Nation’s first such device which functions even without electricity and is adapted to both kinds of oxygen generation units like O2 cylinders and oxygen pipelines in hospitals.
These provisions are not available in otherwise existing CPAP machines.
‘Jivan Vayu’ can deliver high flow oxygen (20–60 LPM) while maintaining a continuous positive pressure of up to 20 cm H2O.
The device is designed to maintain an FiO2 of above 40% with a PEEP (positive end-expiratory pressure) of 5-20 cm H2O.