UAE-made ventilator designed, worked in less than about two months

The M061 model has been intended to address the individual needs of patients by conveying numerous methods of ventilation.

In only two months, UAE specialists have assembled a mechanical ventilator model to meet the extra prerequisites of the nation’s social insurance, considering the Covid-19 pandemic.

The venture group made the M061 ventilator framework, a measured and versatile model, depending on compatible parts that are anything but difficult to source and coordinate, with an end goal to go around the overall shortage of significant clinical supplies.

Khalfan Belhoul, CEO of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), said that Project M061 was started and actualized under the orders of Sheik Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the DFF, to address the pressing requirement for enormous quantities of mechanical ventilators that assume a significant job in rewarding patients with serious side effects of Covid-19.

The improvement of the ventilator is a piece of the nation’s endeavors to send advancement innovations in the battle against Covid-19 and to upgrade its medicinal services abilities, Sheik Hamdan had prior said.

By intently examining existing ventilator plans, analysts recognized usefulness and sturdiness as two key components that would help have any kind of effect and characterize the M061 ventilator. They tried model clinical ventilators frameworks that could give oxygen to patients to longer periods and productively adjust to changes in fundamental markers, for example, pulse, pulse and temperature.

The ventilator has been explicitly intended to address the remarkable conditions of the present pandemic and lighten the weight on social insurance frameworks during the emergency. The model is planned to help, as opposed to supplant, existing clinic ventilators that have more extensive clinical applications and are intended to keep going for essentially longer spans.

The group intends to execute a thorough testing cycle, under the oversight of pneumonic authorities and clinicians in emergency clinic.

The human services venture has been an association between the DFF, Office of Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Dubai Covid-19 Command and Control Center, Ministry of Health and Prevention, Dubai Health Authority, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, just as government organizations, investigate focuses and worldwide foundations.

During the advancement procedure, the group observed standard expert designing practices to guarantee that the ventilator clung to the best principles and got contribution from ventilator authorities as of now rewarding Covid-19 patients.

Specialties of the UAE-made developed ventilator

The M061 ventilator model comprises of a mechanical aviation route made of cylinders, fitted with different valves, sensors and channels and is equipped for giving intrusive and non-obtrusive mechanical respiratory help with the point of continuing raspatory support for both short-and long haul periods. Consolidating a specially printed circuit board (PCB), the model encourages simple interface with different sorts of I/O (input/output) gadgets.

The M061 model has been intended to address the individual needs of patients by conveying various methods of ventilation in the in the pressure and volume mode families, alongside further assistive and supportive functions, based on the patient’s breathing limit.

Main people behind Project M061

> Khalifa Al Qama, head of Dubai Future Labs and project lead

> Saqer Bin Ghalib, director of Artificial Intelligence Office

> Dr Tarek Taha, Robotics Lab lead

> Rashid Al Suwaidi, Software Engineer

> Majed Al Khatib, lab technician

> Hamad Mohamed, software engineer

> Layth Mahdi, senior robotics researcher

>Alexander Spies, senior integration manager

> Julian Ferling, deputy integration manager

> Mohamed Alzahmi, software engineer

> Maryam Buhumaid, foresight analyst