Iranian Knowledge-Based Firm Develops Device to Assess Breathing with Facemasks
Mohammad Sadeq Tavalloli, the managing director of the company, told ANA that the device to assess breathing while wearing a facemask has been manufactured while meeting the required standards.
"The technological unit was established in 2017 with the cooperation of faculty members, students, and graduates of the Islamic Azad University, Shiraz branch," he explained.
Building a non-destructive testing system for electrofusion joints and a system for washing food production lines is a part of this company's activities, and now, using 3D printing technology, it has launched three subcategories of technology.
A total of 227 knowledge-based firms are supplying medical equipment for health centers across the country, according to the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology.
Iranian companies producing medical equipment export their products to 54 countries across the world.
In February, the former vice president for science and technology, Sorena Sattari, said that 6,500 knowledge-based companies, more than 1,500 creative companies, and 10,000 startups were operating in Iran.
The import of pharmaceuticals has declined in Iran by 91 percent, which shows the capability of the country’s pharmaceutical industry, Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz, former head of the Food and Drug Administration, said on October 11.
Today, all medicine used in the treatment of coronavirus are produced by domestic manufacturers, and if we wanted to import all the items, there would be a high exchange rate, he further stated, emphasizing that COVID-19 vaccine development indicates the pharmaceutical industry’s capability.
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