AKTU, SGPGI develop multi-channel ventilator to treat more coronavirus patients

In wake of the COVID-19, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) and Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) have designed a prototype of a ventilator splitter adopter to treat more patients at a time. According to AKTU vice-chancellor Prof Vinay Pathak, the splitter would be used in prevailing ventilators which would aid in ventilating four patients at a time. He further informed that the prototype had been sent to SGPGIMS for further lab testing. Along with this, an innovative ‘face shield’ had also been designed for doctors, nurses and other paramedical staff which would save the medical staff from getting infected by coughing and sneezing of the patients.

Prof Pathak further informed that the splitter for ventilator and face shield were in the testing phase and the moment they clear the test, mass production of both would start in the 3D printing lab of the Centre for Advanced Studies AKTU Lucknow. The task was accompanied by Prof Manish Gaur, director of the Centre for Advanced Studies; Dr Anuj Kumar Sharma; Prof Vinay Kumar Pathak, vice-chancellor AKTU, and Dr Ashish Kannaujia of SGPGI Lucknow. They mutually developed this ventilator splitter adopter together with two M Tech students of CAS AKTU Lucknow.

According to Dr Ashish Kannaujia, associate professor in the anesthesia department at SGPGI Lucknow, lab testing would be conducted on Monday. When they are satisfied with its functioning, they would move further because each patient has different needs, so all these specifics would be looked into before it is brought into use. He further added that to overcome the scarcity of ventilators, this splitter had been designed by SGPGI and its prototype was developed in the 3D printing lab of Centre for Advanced Studies, a constituent institute of AKTU, Lucknow.

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