Iran Exports Ventilator Devices to European, Neighboring States

“After the outbreak of coronavirus, we had a great need for ventilators and breathing aids; therefore, we tried to reach the technical know-how for production of this device and now we have succeeded in making it for infants and adults,” Hassan Shalbaf, an expert for the Development of Knowledge-Based Companies of the Iranian Vice-Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy, told ANA.

Noting that the ventilator is a medical device to help patients breathe, he said, “When a patient's lungs fail, he/she is able to breathe with the help of this device.”

“The ventilator helps to rehabilitate and rebuild the lungs. The main purpose of the ventilator is to provide breathing air to the lungs and maintain artificial respiration,” Shalbaf said.

“So far, we have exported the device to Iraq, Turkey, Sweden and several European countries,” he stated.

In a relevant development in July, Iranian researchers at a knowledge-based company succeeded in manufacturing a new type of ventilators with the ability to work without electricity up to 3 hours which can be used for children and adults.

“The device combines oxygen and air to the amount needed for the body and then transfers it to the patient through special tubes called the respiratory circuit,” Soheil Ma’roufkhani, a commercial member of the knowledge-based company, told ANA.

He described the unique features of the device as its usability for infants and adults, ability to transfer information to the central computer and prepare reports, leak compensation, drug nebulizer and the ability to add a capnograph which can provide the user with more extensive information about the patient's exhalation, adding, “It can also work without electricity up to three hours.”

“With the new design we had on the product, we were able to export it to Belgium, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and Syria,” Ma’roufkhani said.

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