Registration of a new artificial lung ventilator for liquid breathing, which can be used to treat newborns, will begin in Russia in 2024. This was reported in the Shvabe holding of the Rostec corporation. With liquid breathing technology, the lungs are filled with a mixture saturated with dissolved oxygen that penetrates into the blood.
“We plan to register the product in several stages: at the first stage, we register a gas ventilator with an attachment for bronchoalveolar lavage (introduction of a solution into the bronchi). According to the plan, we start in 2024,” the press service of the TASS holding said.
Specialists of the Ural Optical and Mechanical Plant named after V.I. E. S. Yalamova, Foundation for Advanced Study and Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology. V. I. Kulakov.
The development of liquid breathing technologies began in Russia in 2016. It was planned that it would be used in the rescue of submarine crews during disasters. Then it was decided to develop also in the field of neonatology. Liquid breathing should be used when ventilation is no longer effective.