AKU hackathon's portable ventilator receives US patent
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Article Author: AKU hackathon's portable ventilator receives US patent
Media Source: The Express Tribune
Date: 28 September 2021
A portable, briefcase-sized and low cost ventilator developed at the Aga Khan University (AKU) has received a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The ventilator was developed by Pakistani doctors, biomedical engineers and software developers at the university hospital's first hackathon. “The use of low-cost…
A portable, briefcase-sized and low cost ventilator developed at the Aga Khan University (AKU) has received a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The ventilator was developed by Pakistani doctors, biomedical engineers and software developers at the university hospital's first hackathon. “The use of low-cost mobile ventilators in ambulances coupled with remote monitoring from the hospital through mobile technologies has the potential to significantly improve patient outcomes and increase chances of survival, particularly in low-resource countries like Pakistan,” said Asad Latif, chair at Department of Anaesthesiology at AKU. The device can be operated remotely through a mobile application which would help doctors monitor the patient in the ambulance to ensure that they reach the hospital in a stable condition.