HP, Leitat (Tecnio), Seat and the Consortium of the Free Zone (CZFB) together with CatSalut, through the Terrassa Sanitary Consortium (CST) and the Parc Taulí de Sabadell Hospital, have managed to create the first industrial field respirator prepared to support hospitals and ICUs. This is encouraging news in an environment where there was concern about the shortage of medical supplies to combat the virus COVID-19.
Leitat has designed a field respirator manufactured by 3D technology which is industrially scalable, allowing a production capacity of between 50 and 100 units per day. Magí Galindo, senior engineer at Leitat, has made the design, which has been medically validated by Dr. Lluís Blanch, Director of Innovation at the Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, an expert in mechanical ventilation.
In this field respirator called Leitat 1, its design and components have been simplified to the maximum in order to develop a useful but less complex medical device, to enable more agile production and assemblies.
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