Project Praana, which is a volunteer project by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), made plans for a basic ventilator that could be put together with parts and materials made in India. This was done because there weren\u2019t enough medical ventilators available during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Purpose:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To help meet the urgent need for ventilators as COVID-19 spread, the team worked to create a ventilator that would work just as well as the ones used in Intensive Care Units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Developer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A team of engineers and researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have worked on finding solutions to make farming waste less urgent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Prototype ventilator: The project led to a working prototype of a ventilator that is meant to help people in intensive care who need extra help to breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Open-source design: The ventilator design was made freely available to anyone to help get more people involved and work together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Focus on Indian-made components: The ventilator was made to use parts that could be bought or made easily in India or got from the local market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fine-grained control: The ventilator lets doctors adjust exactly how the patient is getting oxygen in small and detailed ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Supports both helping patients with breaths through a tube and letting them breathe on their own without a tube. The ventilator is made so it can help with both regular breathing assistance and helping with breathing when the lungs aren\u2019t working well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Timeline:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The team made a working version of the ventilator in just 35 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Team:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The project was run by faculty from IISc and had some volunteers, like doctors, helping out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Funding and support:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Project PRAANA was helped along by staff at IISc, got some money from the Principal Scientific Adviser in the government, and also got a donation from the State Bank of India Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Project Praana, which is a volunteer project by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), made plans for a basic ventilator that could be put together with parts and materials made in India. This was done because there weren\u2019t enough medical ventilators available during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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