IIT Ropar develops India’s first power-free CPAP device ‘Jivan Vayu’
- The Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT) Ropar has developed a device dubbed as ‘Jivan Vayu’ which can be used as a substitute of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine.
- Jivan Vayu can deliver high flow oxygen up to 60 Litres Per Minute (LPM).
- This machine is India’s first such device which functions even without electricity and can work on both kinds of oxygen generation units like O2 cylinders and oxygen pipelines in hospitals.
- Earlier these provisions were not available in existing CPAP machines.
- CPAP therapy is a treatment method for patients having breathing problems during sleep called sleep apnea.
Source: PIB