IIT Ropar develops India’s first power-free CPAP device ‘Jivan Vayu’

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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.