Covid-19 crisis: IISc set to commercialise ventilator for treatment

The goal is to licence the final product in a "build-to-print" form with all certifications to interested third-party manufacturers.

An engineering team headed by faculty members and researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have successfully completed the prototyping of an intensive care unit grade ventilator which is now in the process of commercialisation. Code named ‘Project Praana’, the product is a technology development effort at IISc, started in late March, to address the shortage of medical ventilators in the fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.

“We are at an advanced stage of discussions with a well-established industrial house in India that is interested in co-developing a medical ventilator product jointly with us using our core technology,” said Duvvuri