Resident of SEZ Technopolis Moscow will start production of mobile ventilators

A portable artificial lung ventilation device for patients with adverse events after coronavirus infection is being developed by a tenant of the Moscow special economic zone, the company Chirana +. The first prototype of the ventilator will appear at the end of August 2021 as informed by Alexander Prokhorov, Head of the Department for Investment and Industrial policy of Moscow. “The pandemic has made ventilators one of the most demanded types of medical equipment. The industry has focused to increase the volume of their production, as well as component parts for them. The manufacturer plans to launch the production of portable devices that will be useful not only in the emergency assistance, but also in the following rehabilitation of patients with Covid-19”, said Alexander Prokhorov. The new ventilator is designed to help patients with Covid-19 lung disease in a hospital, as well as for seriously ill patients treated at home. In addition, mobile devices will be in demand in ambulances. “The is a joint project with Dutch partners - they are working on the engineering solution to be implemented at SEZ Technopolis Moscow site with maximum import substitution. In this regard, the manufacturer is looking for the possibility of industrial cooperation with the tenants of the special economic zone for the production of high-tech electronic components”, said Gennady Degtev, CEO of SEZ Technopolis Moscow. Currently, Chirana +, in close cooperation with the Dutch company Demcon, is working on design solutions that allow combining the Dutch turbine module with Russian-made components in order to ensure the necessary operational parameters of the future lung ventilator, specified Artem Shimco, Deputy CEO on Development of the company. “The innovative module will make the new ventilators portable weighing only 3 kg and applicable in ambulance before the patient is admitted to the hospital. After testing and state registration, the products will go into serial production”, said Artem Shimco. The Chirana + company, which produces artificial lung ventilation devices, has been operating at the site in Pechatniki since mid-2018, in 2020 it received the status of a resident of SEZ Technopolis Moscow. The enterprise's capacities allow over 300 units of medical equipment per year. ---------------------- Press service of the SEZ "Technopolis Moscow" Phone: +7 916 516-15-46 Mail: pr@technomoscow.ru [ mailto:pr@technomoscow.ru ] Subscribe to the SEZ "Technopolis Moscow" in social networks, follow the main news of the SEZ in telegram-channel [ https://t.me/technopolismoscow ]  and receive all the most important news delivered to your mail in our weekly newsletter [ http://events.technomoscow.ru/subscribe/?utm_source=site_technomoscow ] .