Research

Medical Sciences

Title :	Bootstrapping the ambu-bag as automated ventilator
Area of research :	Medical Sciences, Life Sciences & Biotechnology, COVID-19 Research
Focus area :	Automated ventilator
Principal Investigator :	Prof Suman Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Prof Nishant Chakraborty, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Prof. Mihir Sarangi, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Dr Dhananjay Shrivastava, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Dr Aditya Bandopadhyay, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Dr Sourav Mitra, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Dr Mahendra Reddy, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Dr Atul Jain, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Dr Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Dr Nilanjan Das Chakladar, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Dr Kingshook Bhattacharya, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur
Contact info :	suman@mech.iitkgp.ac.in; nishant@smst.iitkgp.ac.in; smihir@mech.iitkgp.ac.in; aditya@mech.iitkgp.ac.in; sourav@mech.iitkgp.ac.in; mahendra@iitkgp.ac.in; atuljain@mech.iitkgp.ac.in; jeevan@mech.iitkgp.ac.in; ndaschakladar@mech.iitkgp.ac.in; king@mech.iitkgp.ac.in

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Executive Summary :

Ambu-bag based ventilator with 3D printable mechanical pressing design, sterilizable outer shield, alarm in case of emergency, adjustable BPM (Breaths per minute), proper documentation and video tutorial for the assembly of parts and usage of the device using our own prototype.