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Egypt becomes first in MENA to produce locally-made ventilators
Egypt became the first country in the Middle East and Africa to develop ventilators with 100% local technology, Head of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) Mahmoud Sakr.
Efforts are underway to register the locally-developed ventilators for patent right, he added, noting that the product has been already used at hospitals as 50 ventilators has been distributed at university hospitals.
He added that efforts are going on to develop the device to serve the three mechanical ventilation modes.
This came in a report which he referred to Minister of Higher Education Khaled Abdel Ghaffar on a project supporting the production of locally-made ventilators BioVENT A series.
Sakr said that the project is the result of fruitful cooperation between the Ministry of Higher Education, ASRT, the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) and BioBusiness Company.
The technical stages for accomplishing the project started with inking a protocol between the AOI and BioBusiness Company to develop innovative solutions to face the coronavirus pandemic and find a solution for the shortage of ventilators, he said.
He explained that the BioVENT A series device is characterized by the presence of a heavy-duty blower that operates up to 40,000 hours, and contains a nebulizer with high flow technology similar to that of the American Vapotherm devices.
The device has several options, including invasive ventilator support like that of Philips Respironics V60 ventilators as well as PB560 device produced by the American company “Medtronic”.
The project is of high economic value as it will help secure locally-made ventilators without being affected by rising international prices of medical services.
Producing these devices locally will also help Egypt realize self-sufficiency of ventilation devices, cutting imports in addition to the possibility of exporting to several African countries suffering from ventilators shortage.
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