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viruses and bacteria. It is also CSIR-NEERI approved and IP55 certified and is now being installed in hospitals treating COVID-19 patients across India.
Contact Info: abhijit@indrawater.co
Website link:
https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1722192
iCreate-incubated start-up develops 3D-printed ventilator splitter
for hospitals to fight COVID-19
The International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (iCreate), Ahmedabad, an autonomous Centre of Excellence of the Government of Gujarat, has developed 3D-printed splitter, which is a unique ventilator expansion device that allows a single ventilator to support up to two or four patients during a time of acute equipment shortage. It is specifically designed to bypass ventilator deficiency. Produced using 3D printing the device is developed with material already used in the existing medical devices and produced at minimum cost. The splitter is available either in 1 × 2 or 1 × 4 models.
Contact Info: info@icreate.org.in
A representative image of 3D ventilator splitter
Website link:
https://www.investindia.gov.in/bip/resources/innovations-against-covid-19 https://www.icreate.org.in/
Cloudphysician Healthcare develops tele-ICU platform to combat
the shortage of ICU care during COVID-19
The on-going COVID-19 pandemic has further strained India’s pre-existing shortage of intensivists. Healthcare facilities are understaffed and underskilled to deal with the projected massive influx of critically ill patients. Bengaluru-based start-up, Cloudphysician, is using its tele-ICU platform, RADAR, which provides ICU expertise to hospitals that do not have 24/7 access to ICU specialist doctors.
RADAR digitizes and analyses patient data and provides clinical decision support to these super specialist doctors at the command center who then, together with the bedside team,
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