Polish scientists design remote-controlled ventilator to fight Covid-19

Dr Lukasz Szarpak presents Respisave, a remote-controlled ventilator that will allow doctors to monitor and adjust the device for their patients at a distance at the Centre for Medical Simulation MedExcellence in Warsaw, Poland, June 8. — Reuters

WARSAW: A team of Polish scientists has designed a remote-controlled ventilator they hope will allow doctors to help critically ill patients breathe, but from a distance, in a bid to make medical personnel safer during the coronavirus pandemic.

If the experimental "RespiSave" ventilator can be shown to work safely on humans, doctors can observe patients' vitals through an application, monitoring their condition and adjusting the machine's settings from anywhere in the hospital, the designers of the project said.