The second wave of COVID-19 is causing havoc among people due to the sudden surge in the case load in the last couple of months. This is eventually causing an increase in the number of patients that require hospitalization and ICU treatment and thereby resulting in a distressing situation on our medical infrastructure and scarcity of beds, ventilators and oxygen supply.
However, researchers have been quite actively involved in improving all necessary things be it a an effective medicine, covid beds, ventilator availability, oxygen at economical price etc. In the due course of time development of Ventipeep is reviving hope to many covid patients.
Ventipeep is a modern timesaving respirator mask, created to administer supplemental oxygen (medically referred to as FiO2) that can be used, in the ICU, in the normal wards, and inside ambulances too critical situations.
Purvang Shah, Co-Founder & Director, Flextool Equipment Pvt. Ltd., tells Financial Express Online, “The development of the product was initiated during the first wave of the pandemic. The idea was to have a cheaper alternative to high flow oxygen therapy for COVID-19 patients”.
It is an affordable device that comes handy for hospitals and is even time saving as it reduces the number of days of hospitalization of a patient. It can be used at home as it does not require a trained professional as needed for utilising a ventilator. The respirator has already got clearance from the ethics committee, and is soon to receive a nod from the DCGI/ICM.