DIGITAL HEALTH
Camcon Medical has created respiratory care equipment which can reduce the carbon footprint of medical oxygen and create more equitable distribution
WRITTEN BY : HELEN ADAMS
Medical engineering company Camcon Medical has never been busier . The company develops products for patients suffering from respiratory failure and has been researching ways to reduce oxygen waste .
In traditional respiratory care equipment , oxygen is delivered at a constant rate , through masks or nasal cannulas . However , up to two-thirds of a cycle of breath , is the exhale . But when a patient exhales , the oxygen is still being pumped out and is wasted .
Camcon Medical has developed a new medicinal gas delivery device for oxygen , which uses new valve technology — known as the Binary Actuation Technology ( BAT ®) valves — invented by Camcon ’ s Prof . Wladyslaw Wygnanski . This technology allows the delivery of precise amounts of gases or liquids , with millisecond accuracy .
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