| Developers: | Leitat, HP Inc. |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | March, 2020 |
| Branches: | Pharmaceutics, medicine, health care |
2020: The beginning of printing in Spain
At the end of March, 2020 Consorci de la Zona Franca, HP Inc., Leitat and CatSalut developed the first 3D-printing device for the emergency ventilation of lungs which is intended for industrial production. The device is a valve mask which can be used for short-term emergency ventilation of patients with COVID-19.
Leitat developed the corresponding device in response to fast spread of COVID-19 virus which caused the shortage of the medical equipment. Creators hope that 3D - printing will allow to supply a health care system with new masks quickly. The functionality of the first model of the device was successfully proved in the very first days of use. Easily we scale the project therefore in a week production volume capacity from 50 to 100 units a day can be reached.
The device is the mask for the emergency ventilation called by Leitat 1, its construction and components were most simplified for simplification both production, and assembly. The design was provided by the senior engineer of Leitat Magí Galindo and approved as doctor Lluís Blanch, the chief innovation officer in Parc Taulí hospital in Sabadell, the mechanical ventilation specialist. Production began immediately, and creators are going to estimate efficiency of model in practice and to introduce amendments in new model, Leitat2 which already is in development.
Airbus and Navantia also joined alliance of producers. Unfortunately, the provided model is intended only for short-term emergency ventilation and though using such mask it is possible to help patients with the complicated breath, in the heaviest patients will need long (up to 2 weeks and more) ventilation with controlled settings for maintenance of air humidity, level of oxygen, filtering, passive and active pressure adjustment.[1]
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