NASA shortlists 3 Indian firms to build low-cost ventilator for COVID-19 patients

After reviewing over 300 companies, NASA has selected three Indian firms among 13 international manufacturers to make brand new low-cost ventilator that would assist patients of COVID-19. engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Sourn California have come with a proto of machine in 37 days and have even received an emergency use authorization from US government.

three Indian companies who will join NASA’s venture to manufacture VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Techlogy Accessible Locally) are Alpha Design Techlogies Pvt Ltd, Bharat Forge Ltd and Medha Servo Drives Pvt Ltd.

NASA has even shortlisted eight US-based companies to build ventilator that would use only one-seventh of parts that are required to build a tritional ventilator. While many countries are still rocked with unprecedented outbreak of dely coronavirus, VITAL is a ‘simpler and more affordable’ option for treating critical patients of coronavirus infection. Thus, NASA’s new machine would enable hospitals across world to free tritional ventilators for severe patients of COVID-19 disease.

" VITAL team is very excited to see its techlogy licenced," Leon Alkalai, Manr of JPL Office of Strategic Partnerships, and a member of VITAL leership team, said in a statement.

"Our hope is to have this techlogy reach across world and provide an ditional source of solution to deal with ongoing Covid-19 crisis," it ded.

In total, NASA has shortlisted 21 companies out of total 331 interested firms, including three Indian, eight American, three Brazilian, and one each from Cana, Egypt, Malaysia, Mexico, Turkey, UAE.

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'Firsts for humanity'

NASA's proto of ventilator has been hailed by organisation's ministrator Jim Bridenstine. According to him, VITAL is one of many "countless examples" that show investments of taxpayers money in exploration. researchers at NASA have been able to push boundaries and achieve "firsts for humanity" to make life better on earth.

"This ventilator is one of countless examples of how taxpayer investments in exploration - skills, expertise and kwledge collected over deces of pushing boundaries and achieving firsts for humanity - translate into vancements that improve life on Earth," NASA chief.

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Im Source: medeng.jpl.nasa.gov