Leitat, a CataloniaBio & HealthTech member, Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona, Seat and HP have created a 3D-printed respirator to cover the lack of this essential equipment in hospitals and ICUs in Catalonia caused by Covid-19.
Manel Balcells, president of the advisory board to the Catalan Ministry of Health, explained to Catalan TV that “it is a respirator for an emergency situation that allows us to quickly scale up industrial production, to 50-100 units a day.”
The device was designed by Leitat engineer Magí Galindo and medically validated at Hospital Parc Taulí in Sabadell under the leadership of Dr Lluís Blanch, the centre’s head of innovation and an expert in mechanical ventilation.
Plus, Consorci de la Zona Franca is offering companies and entrepreneurs the option to submit their 3D-printing ideas and projects to help stop the massive spread of the coronavirus. They can be sent to proposals@dfactorybcn.org.
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