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Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar has developed a device ‘Jivan Vayu’ which can be used as a substitute of CPAP machine.

Highlights

• This is the Nation’s first such device that functions even without electricity and is adapted to both kinds of oxygen generation units like O2 cylinders and oxygen pipelines in hospitals.
  
• These provisions are not available in otherwise existing CPAP machines. 
  
• Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) is a treatment method for patients having breathing problems during sleep called sleep apnea.
  
• The machine uses mild air pressure to keep the airways open for easy breathing.
• It is also used to treat infants whose lungs have not fully developed. 
  

Functioning

• The machine blows air into the baby's nose to help inflate his or her lungs. 
• The treatment is all the more necessary during early stages of the Covid-19 infection.
• It reduces lung damage and allow patients to recover from the inflammatory effects.
• Jivan Vayu’ is designed for a 22mm CPAP closed circuit tube. It can even be customized as per the size of the tube. 

Source: PIB