According to the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) announced on Wednesday that it had developed the country’s “first indigenous intensive care unit (ICU) ventilator” — i-Live.
The scientists and engineers from PAEC developed the ventilator while keeping in view all essential quality standards and regulatory requirements, the body said in a statement, adding that doctors at the PAEC hospital in Islamabad also provided input during the development process.
“Besides passing through all internal reviews and testing, the ‘i-Live’ ventilator also successfully passed the independent reviews and testing conducted throughout the development lifecycle by the evaluation team from Pakistan Innovation and Technology Centre and the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC),” PAEC said.
Clinical trials were also conducted at Jinnah Hospital in Lahore under the supervision of senior doctors, biomedical engineers, and medical researchers, the statement said.
