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Swosth: A unified emergency response platform
Bhubaneswar based start-up, Teceads Solutions Pvt Ltd has developed a Swosth App, which is an unique and unified platform designed to handle and tackle any emergency response to any critical situation swiftly and efficiently.
SWOSTH APP facilitates emergency response, digitalised health monitoring, quarantine geo-fencing, crowd control, contact tracing, digital pass for essential personnel, etc. It has customised access terminals for different service personnel depending on the type of service and accessibility such as: State administration, healthcare personnel, district administration, and police personnel.
Contact info:
swadhin@teceads.com, saksham.saxena@investindia.org.in
Website link:
https://www.teceads.com/swosth.html
Three-way ventilator splitter: Aerosol leakage prevention stopcock
Amid shortage of ventilators for COVID-19 patients due to rapid surge in demand, low manufacturing rate and global shutdown, researchers from Inofinity Research and Development Pvt Ltd, Bhubaneswar, have developed devices for ventilator splitting. KIMS being a major contributor for Odisha’s COVID-19 hospitals is preparing to combat the third wave, if needed.
The KIIT-TBI have developed a 3D printed ventilator splitting device, which will allow an Intensivist to use a single ventilator on two or three patients in case of exigencies. This type of a device has been allowed by US FDA for the COVID-19 pandemic. The design may raise concerns among clinicians regarding the oxygenation status and cross infection but the use of bacterial and viral filters at the expiratory wings will eliminate the risk of cross infection. Clinical
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