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These techies are 3D printing ventilator splitters for Covid-19 patients

Their solution addresses the problem ventilator shortage in the country by splitting oxygen supply so that the machine can be used on two patients simultaneously

Ethereal Machines co-founders (from left): Kaushik Mudda, Prakash Doraiswamy, V Arun, Sonal Asthana and Navin Jain
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Ethereal Machines co-founders (from left): Kaushik Mudda, Prakash Doraiswamy, V Arun, Sonal Asthana and Navin Jain

Peerzada Abrar Bengaluru
At a time when there is a spurt in the number of Covid-19 cases in India, most hospitals are also running short of ventilators which are absolutely necessary to help the infected continue breathing. According to several estimates, the country has only around 50,000 ventilators for a population of around 1.3 billion people. 

A Bengaluru-based deep-tech start-up, Ethereal Machines, is addressing the problem to some extent by enabling the existing ventilators to cater to the different requirements of multiple patients, depending upon their criticality. The Blume Ventures-backed firm, which specialises in technologies associated with computerised numerical control (CNC) machining and