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Good Health, Fitness & Hygiene
{{contributorFullName}} | 30-10-2017
NeoBreathe is foot operated resuscitation system. By freeing one hand, it empowers caregivers to easily deliver life-saving breaths to newborns in need. Without electricity, without a battery and without an assistant. NeoBreathe integrates everything needed for effective resuscitation into one robust device that anyone can use.
One in every twenty babies fail to breathe at birth. Fortunately, almost all can be saved through resuscitation. Resuscitation skill is scarce and hard to acquire. This causes preventable deaths. (Total 811,000 birth asphyxia deaths annually). NeoBreathe makes resuscitation easier for everyone. It empowers frontline-health-workers in developing countries to save lives of newborns easily, effectively and single-handedly. Being foot operated, NeoBreathe frees one hand, allowing a two-handed face mask seal – thus reducing leakage by half. This significantly improves delivery of life-saving artificial breaths.Effective resuscitation needs multiple things done in the first golden life-saving minute. Here, one freed hand is a boon as it allows neck-positioning, auscultation and stimulation. Also, NeoBreathe is the world's first manual device that allows a single person to conduct full CPR – that otherwise requires 2 people. NeoBreathe also provides suction to clear mucus from airways. Proprietary technology ensures that even on misuse, pressure never exceeds safe limits, and is continuously monitored in real-time. Since too much oxygen is toxic, NeoBreathe allows regulation of Oxygen. While, equipment worth more than USD 2000 is needed for this. NeoBreathe allows this at a low cost, without compressed air supply. Lastly, NeoBreathe can deliver PEEP which is critical for small and pre-term babies. It combines everything needed for effective resuscitation in one easy- to-use, robust, re-usable, manual device that works for new-born well-being.
Birth Asphyxia is the third largest cause of newborn deaths. Resuscitation can help prevent nearly all these deaths but the procedure is difficult. Global focus is on training providers to perform better, while the sheet-anchor device bag-mask remains conceptually unchanged for last 50 years. NeoBreathe changes the paradigm, as it is designed to be easy-to-use. It empowers caregivers at the frontline including those with limited skills to resuscitate newborns effectively. Current devices need 2 operators, where even one is often hard to find in resource limited settings. NeoBreathe allows a single person to conduct complete CPR.
It works without electricity, batteries and continuous external supply of compressed air.
It can help save lives of 5 out of every 100 newborns. Protects and equal number of babies from life-long physical and mental disability.
Priced less than USD 600 NeoBreathe lasts for more than 3 years, with a negligible cost of operation and supplies. It also saves manpower costs.
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