Pneumatec's business idea is to develop and commercialize ventilators that can be used in conditions where logistics are absent. We have further developed an integrated oxygen concentrator that is also powered and controlled from the same compressed air source. The technology is based on the ventilator using compressed air as the sole energy supply for the operation and control of the ventilator and oxygen concentrator. The company is also developing a manual pump that can produce a sufficient amount of compressed air to operate approximately 8 ventilators. This allows the ventilator to provide full ventilation for patients under all conditions with general resource challenges, including the absence of logistics. Additionally, it can function as a full-fledged respirator under normal operating conditions in any traditional hospital.
Existing ventilators will not function if the power goes out or if critical parts of the logistics fail. This ventilator is independent of electricity and can be operated with energy generated by a manual pump. Stable power supply is a problem for military personnel in the field, for field hospitals in developing countries, during floods and natural disasters, war, and physical and digital sabotage.
Pneumatec's solution to the problem is that we have developed a functional model of the ventilator. This model has been tested and shows that the concept works as expected. The ventilator is powered and controlled by compressed air. However, the patient air is ambient air that is drawn into the ventilator's patient circuit. The functional model has a significantly lower consumption of compressed air than the amount of breathing air supplied to the patient. It is assumed that the manual pump will be able to produce a sufficient amount of compressed air so that one person can operate approximately 8 ventilators. Pneumatec's ventilator can thus be used independently of power supply or electrically produced compressed air used by traditional ventilators today.
In many parts of the world, inadequate logistics continually lead to problems in providing satisfactory assistance to people who need breathing support. Pneumatec's ventilator has all the essential functions needed for advanced respiratory treatment and can be used in the treatment of most patients who need breathing support. The concept has a major advantage in that access to compressed air is all that is required to provide the desired ventilation. The compressed air produced by Pneumatec's pump on-site is completely independent of functioning logistics.