IIT Hyderabad develops cost-effective ventilator Jeevan Lite
"It has been designed based on the Turbine-driven flow method which provides independence from gas cylinders or compressors," a senior IIT Hyderabad official said.;
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New Delhi: An IIT Hyderabad developed portable, cost-effective, and IoT-enabled ventilator powered by lithium-ion batteries is now available for commercial use, officials said on Friday.
The smart ventilator named 'Jeevan Lite' was launched by Telangana and Puducherry Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Thursday. Each unit costs Rs 4 lakh against similar imported devices priced at Rs 10-15 lakh per unit.
"Maintenance of medical devices was affected due to delay in import of certain parts during the Covid pandemic. Hence, innovations like Jeevan Lite will improve the healthcare facilities for the public," Soundararajan said.
According to IIT officials, the Internet-of-Things (IoT)-enabled ventilator operates uninterrupted in synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation, continuous mandatory ventilation, adaptive and hybrid modes of ventilation for five hours and is both invasive and non-invasive. It can be controlled using a smartphone app.
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