{"id":2363,"date":"2020-07-14T16:01:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T22:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/?p=2363"},"modified":"2020-07-19T16:04:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T22:04:51","slug":"science-agency-delivers-new-mexican-made-ventilators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/science-agency-delivers-new-mexican-made-ventilators\/","title":{"rendered":"Science agency delivers new Mexican-made ventilators."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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MEXICO NEWS DAILY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

President L\u00f3pez Obrador today presented two new ventilator models designed for seriously ill coronavirus patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt) built the devices with help from private organizations and universities. Speaking at his morning press conference, the president applauded Mexican innovation as a way for the country to avoid depending on \u201cinternational solidarity\u201d in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health Minister Jorge Alcocer was also upbeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt has been possible to build two types of highly specialized ventilators, accessible to everyone, in response to the most urgent needs in this scenario of the pandemic. While reducing expenses and increasing efficiency we strengthen our technological presence and gain national sovereignty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One ventilator model is called G\u00e4tsi, which means \u201csigh\u201d in the indigenous language Otom\u00ed, and the other has been dubbed Eh\u00e9catl 4T or \u201cGod of the Wind\u201d in N\u00e1huatl, the president said.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latter costs 70% less than the current market price of such ventilators, and 500 more units have been ordered. The device has a microcontroller capable of calculating and applying the necessary pressure during patient ventilation cycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The G\u00e4tsi ventilator, made in conjunction with Dydetec, a private software and hardware design company, is 60% cheaper than commercially available models and has a microprocessor control system that allows it to be adapted for adult or pediatric patients. Five hundred units of this model will also be produced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both ventilators are designed with control, pressure and volume sensors, are easy to clean, were tested on artificial lungs and biological systems and meet international specifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cost for 1,000 ventilators will be 259 million pesos, around US $11.5 million, a unit cost of $11,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn five months we achieved what usually takes between three and five years to develop,\u201d said Mar\u00eda Elena \u00c1lvarez-Buylla, director of Conacyt. \u201cScientific sovereignty and technological independence are how this government responds to challenges. We are seeing the birth of a national industry to save lives.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another made-in-Mexico respirator was announced in May by the National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition. It designed and built a product, in partnership with private sector partners in Nuevo Le\u00f3n, with a cost of $10,000, the first of which were expected to be delivered this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff Mexico News Daily. (2020). Science agency delivers new Mexican-made ventilators. M\u00e9xico.\u00a0Mexico News Daily.\u00a0<\/em>Recuperado de<\/strong> https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/news\/coronavirus\/science-agency-delivers-new-mexican-made-ventilators\/<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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