Novel Portable Airway Suction Device with Anti-Viral Coating. Multiple Sector Applications.

带抗病毒涂层的新型便携式气道抽吸装置。

• 批准号: 76889
• 金额: $ 26.83万
• 依托单位: AIRWAY MEDICAL LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=76889
• 关键词: Novel; Portable; Airway; Suction; Device

Medical clinicians and carers often use suctioning devices to clear blockages in the respiratory airways of individuals. The scope of places where this happens varies from "high tech" Acute Hospital environments to temporary field-based Hospitals. It is also commonly used in the community for emergencies such as chocking to chronic conditions such as Dementia, Stroke, Brain Injury and Cystic Fibrosis for example.The reason behind the need to clear the airway is different for the above scenarios. For example; In a Covid-19 situation, the patient requires to have their airway cleared of sputum on a regular basis to prevent ingress into the lungs where it can harden and lead to the patient being admitted to ICU.Paramedics may have to clear the airways of individuals who have had a seizure or have undergone a cardiac arrest.In a care home environment, airway clearance may be used to support someone with a neurological illness such as Motor Neurone Disease, where the normal levels of salvia produced cannot be swallowed by the patient, or to remove food that has become lodged in the airway and is causing chocking.Each one of these environments deals with the need for suction differently, from having vacuum lines installed into the hospital and ambulance, to having expensive bulky electrically powered pumps, to the use of the Heimlich Manoeuvre and calling 999\.This project offers the solution of providing one simple low-cost portable suction device, that does not require electrical power. It looks like a sports bottle, is extremely rugged and waterproof. It is significantly cheaper (90%) than existing technologies and compact (90% smaller and lighter). It utilises far less resources to manufacture, is re-useable and can potentially be made from recycled materials. It will have a coating that provides 100% effectiveness against any Virus or Bacteria that contacts it, including Covid-19\.It works on the Venturi pump system, typically an hour glass constriction within a pipe with a T-joint. Flow of a gas or liquid across the T joint causes a negative pressure, i.e. a vacuum pump that can suck fluids away and into a storage container.This project builds upon the initial work undertaken whereby an early prototype was shown to meet the required performance for Airway Suction as defined by ISO standard ISO10079-3-2014\. Improvements will be made to the prototype, particularly with design for manufacturing and assembly in mind. Materials development will be undertaken. All of this will be done whilst working towards achieving medical device approval, CE marking, and protecting the Intellectual Property generated by this project.Ultimately, a manufacturable device will be produced.

临床医生和护理人员经常使用吸引装置清除个人呼吸道阻塞。发生这种情况的地方范围各不相同，从“高科技”急症医院环境到临时野战医院。它也常用于社区的紧急情况，如窒息慢性疾病，如痴呆，中风，脑损伤和囊性纤维化。在上述情况下，需要清理气道的原因是不同的。例如;在Covid-19情况下，患者需要定期清除气道中的痰液，以防止进入肺部，使其硬化并导致患者被送入ICU。护理人员可能需要清理癫痫发作或心脏骤停患者的呼吸道。在护理院环境中，气道清除可用于支持患有神经系统疾病（如运动神经元疾病）的人，在这种疾病中，患者无法吞咽正常水平的鼠尾草，或者清除滞留在气道中并导致窒息的食物。这些环境中的每一种都以不同的方式处理吸入需求，从在医院和救护车中安装真空管道，到使用昂贵的笨重的电动泵，再到使用海姆利克操作法和拨打999。这个项目提供的解决方案是提供一种简单的低成本便携式吸入装置，不需要电力。它看起来像一个运动瓶，非常坚固，防水。与现有的技术相比，它的成本要低得多（90%），而且体积更小、重量更轻90%。它使用的资源要少得多，可以重复使用，而且有可能由回收材料制成。它将有一层涂层，对接触它的任何病毒或细菌（包括Covid-19）提供100%的有效性。它适用于文丘里泵系统，通常在带有t形接头的管道内收缩一小时。气体或液体流过T型接头产生负压，即真空泵可以将流体吸走并进入存储容器。该项目建立在初期工作的基础上，早期原型已被证明满足ISO标准ISO10079-3-2014\定义的气道吸入所需性能。将对原型进行改进，特别是考虑到制造和组装的设计。将进行材料开发。所有这些都将在努力获得医疗器械批准、CE标志和保护该项目产生的知识产权的同时完成。最终，一个可制造的设备将被生产出来。